Sentences with phrase «unclean lips»

For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips» (Isa.

Nevertheless, Isaiah quite apparently believes that the covenant rebellion of the nation — this people, this people of unclean lips — is so obdurate, so deep, so firmly established, so pervertedly willed that there will be no turning, no repentance and therefore no redemption until the nation has passed catastrophically under the judgment of Yahweh.

Isaiah had to exclaim «I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts» (Isa 6:5).

The success of a movement that will turn the world upside down by means of a message, a «gospel,» would seem to require orators and wordsmiths, not a bunch of agrammatoi and idiotai who respond first by trying to beg off on account of their uncircumcised and unclean lips.

Isaiah accuses himself: «I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips» (Isa.

I am not worthy, I'm a man of unclean lips!»

for I am undone; Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people For mine eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.»