Isaiah 64
64
1If only you would rip the heavens apart and come down! The mountains would tremble in your presence!#64:1. This verse is included in the previous chapter in the Hebrew text. 2In the same way that fire burns wood and makes water boil, make your reputation known to your enemies, so that nations will tremble in your presence! 3In the past you did things we weren't anticipating. You came down and the mountains trembled in your presence! 4Since the beginning, no one has heard about, no one has paid attention to, and no one has seen any God except you, the one who helps those who place their confidence in you. 5You join with those who are glad, and with those who do what's right and remember to follow your ways. But when we went on sinning, you became angry. How can we be saved if we go on like this?#64:5. The Hebrew of the end of this verse is unclear. 6We've all become unclean, and all the good things we do are like dirty rags. We wither and die like autumn leaves, and our sins, like the wind, blow us away. 7There's no one who calls for you or really wants to hold on to you, because you have hidden your face from us and let us drown in our own sins.
8But you, Lord, are our Father. We're the clay, you're the potter. You made us all with your own hands. 9Please limit your anger, Lord, and don't remember our sins forever. Look at us, and see that we are all your people. 10Your holy cities have been turned into a wilderness; Zion has become a desert; yes, even Jerusalem is an abandoned ruin. 11Our beautiful, holy Temple where our forefathers praised you has been burned down, and all that we treasured has been destroyed. 12In view of all this, are you still going to refuse to help us? Are you going to stay quiet and punish us so severely?
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Isaiah 64
64
1Rip the heavens apart!
Come down, Lord;
make the mountains tremble.
2Be a spark that starts a fire
causing water to boil.#64.2 Be … boil: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Then your enemies will know
who you are;
all nations will tremble
because you are nearby.
3Your fearsome deeds
have completely amazed us;
even the mountains shake
when you come down.
4 #
1 Co 2.9. You are the only God
ever seen or heard of
who works miracles
for his followers.
5You help all who gladly obey
and do what you want,
but sin makes you angry.
Only by your help
can we ever be saved.#64.5 saved: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 5.
6We are unfit to worship you;
each of our good deeds
is merely a filthy rag.
We dry up like leaves;
our sins are storm winds
sweeping us away.
7No one worships in your name
or remains faithful.
You have turned your back on us
and let our sins melt us away.#64.7 and let … away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
8You, Lord, are our Father.
We are nothing but clay,
but you are the potter
who molded us.
9Don't be so furious
or keep our sins
in your thoughts forever!
Remember that all of us
are your people.
10Every one of your towns
has turned into a desert,
especially Jerusalem.
11Zion's glorious and holy temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been destroyed by fire.
Our beautiful buildings
are now a pile of ruins.
12When you see these things,
how can you just sit there
and make us suffer more?
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