Isaiah 64
64
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1O that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,
That the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2As the fire kindleth the dry fuel,
As the fire causeth the waters to boil,
To make known thy name to thine adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at thy presence.
3When thou didst terrible things, which we expected not;
Thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4For from the remotest time men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear.
Neither hath the eye seen any God beside Thee,
That doeth such things for those who wait for him.
5Thou meetest them that rejoice and do justice,
Those that remember thee in thy ways:
Behold, thou wast wroth, when we sinned;
Thou watt against them of old, and shall we be saved?
6We are all of us as an unclean thing,
And all our righteousnesses are as a filthy garment;
And we are all of us withered like a leaf;
And our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away.
7There is none that calleth upon thy name,
That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee;
For thou hast hid thy face from us,
And caused us to melt away by reason of our sins.
8But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father;
We are the clay, and thou hast formed us:
We are all of us the work of thy hand.
9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah,
Neither remember iniquity for ever:
Behold! see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10Thy holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11Our holy and our beautiful house,
Where our fathers praised thee,
Is burned up with fire;
And all the objects of our desire are laid waste.
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah?
Wilt thou keep silence, and afflict us very sore?
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 64
64
A Cry for Revival
1God, if only you would tear open
the heavenly realm and come down!
How the mountains would tremble # 64:1 See Judg. 5:5; Hab. 3:6. Mountains can also symbolize governments and kingdoms. There is one King and one kingdom that rises above every other mountain (see Isa. 2:1–5).
in your awesome presence! # 64:1 Or “before your faces.”
2In the same way that fire sets kindling to blaze
and causes water to boil,
let the fire of your presence # 64:2 Fire is a frequent metaphor for the presence of God. See Gen. 3:24; Ex. 3:1–2; Isa. 4:5; 6:6; 10:16–17; 29:6; 30:27, 30; 31:9; 33:14; 66:15–16; Acts 2:3; Heb. 12:29. come down.
Reveal to your enemies your mighty name
and cause the nations to tremble before you!
3When you did amazing wonders we didn’t expect,
you came down,
and mountains shuddered in your presence!
4These amazing things had never been heard of before;
you did things never dreamed of!
No one perceived your greatness.
No eye has ever seen a God like you, # 64:4 See 1 John 1:1–4.
who intervenes for those # 64:4 Or “who works on behalf of those.”
who wait and long # 64:4 The Hebrew word chakah implies waiting with trusting anticipation (longing). for you! # 64:4 Or “him.” See Isa. 40:31; 1 Cor. 2:9–10.
5Those who delight in doing what is right—
you go out to meet # 64:5 Or “you attack them [with kindness].” them with kindness.
They remember you and cherish your ways.
You showed your anger
when we sinned again and again,
yet we can be saved. # 64:5 Or, as a question, “How can we be saved?” There is no verse in Isaiah that is more perplexing and difficult to translate than this one. The exact Hebrew meaning is uncertain.
Sin Is Our Problem
6We have all become contaminated with sin,
and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better
than a menstrual rag.
We are all like fallen leaves,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind. # 64:6 The implication is that we are whirled along by the wind of our sins.
7No one calls on your name
or presses in to lay hold of you,
for you have hidden your face from us.
You have let us be ruined # 64:7 Or “melted.” by our own sins.
The Master Potter
8Yet still, Yahweh, you are our Father.
We are like clay and you are our Potter.
Each one of us is the creative, artistic work of your hands.
9Yahweh, don’t be angry with us!
Don’t remember our sins again forever!
Please look at us; we are your people.
10Your sacred cities are abandoned like a desert;
Zion is a wasteland; Jerusalem sits in ruins.
11Our holy temple, our source of pride,
where our ancestors sang your praise,
has been consumed by fire.
All that we held dear has been destroyed.
12Now, Yahweh, after all this, are you still unmoved?
Will you continue to stand silently by
and afflict us so severely?
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