Isaiah 64
64
1Oh, that You would rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your #Ex. 19:18; Ps. 18:9; 144:5; Mic. 1:3, 4; (Hab. 3:13)presence—
2As fire burns brushwood,
As fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
3When #Ex. 34:10You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
4For since the beginning of the world
#Ps. 31:19Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—
#Mal. 3:6In these ways we continue;
And we need to be saved.
6But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all #(Phil. 3:9)our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;
We all #Ps. 90:5, 6; Is. 1:30fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
7And there is no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us,
And have consumed us because of our iniquities.
8But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our #Is. 29:16; 45:9; Jer. 18:6; (Rom. 9:20, 21)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
9Do not be furious, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!
10Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11Our holy and beautiful temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all #Ezek. 24:21our pleasant things are laid waste.
12#Is. 42:14Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
#Ps. 83:1Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
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Isaiah 64
64
1Why don't you tear the sky apart and come down? The mountains would see you and shake with fear. 2They would tremble like water boiling over a hot fire. Come and reveal your power to your enemies, and make the nations tremble at your presence! 3There was a time when you came and did terrifying things that we did not expect; the mountains saw you and shook with fear. 4#1 Cor 2.9No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him. 5You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times.#64.5 Probable text in spite of… ancient times; Hebrew unclear. 6All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind. 7No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned#64.7 Some ancient translations abandoned; Hebrew melted. us because of our sins.
8But you are our father, LORD. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us, 9so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us for ever. We are your people; be merciful to us. 10Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin, 11and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins. 12LORD, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can endure?
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