What Does “Iniquity” Mean in the Bible?
Great wickedness, injustice.
A detail
- In the Bible: Isaiah says that the Lord laid on the servant the iniquity of us all. The Church reads it thinking of Jesus.
Where it appears in the Bible
Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 6:7
What the Bible says
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.
Isaiah 6:7
And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 601