“Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.”
The statement that web-spun cloth cannot be worn and garments cannot be made from human work suggests that the fruits of injustice are useless and insubstantial—literally unable to fulfill their intended function. The image extends the previous metaphor: what humans construct through injustice, though energetically produced, fails to protect or sustain. The verse asserts that effort expended in injustice yields no enduring benefit, a moral counsel against investment in corruption. This verse's argument—that unrighteousness is pragmatically inviable—addresses not merely ethical but existential grounds for covenant restoration.
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