Isaiah 64

1 # 64:1 Ch 63:19b in Heb Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,

That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

2 # 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Heb As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—

To make Your name known to Your adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

3When You did awesome things for which we did not hope,

You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.

4For from ancient times they have not heard or given ear,

Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,

Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,

Who remembers You in Your ways.

Behold, You were angry; indeed we have sinned—

We continued in them a long time—

And shall we be saved?

6For all of us have become like one who is unclean,

And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;

And all of us wither like a leaf,

And our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.

7There is no one who calls on Your name,

Who awakens himself to take hold of You,

For You have hidden Your face from us

And have #64:7 DSS and versions deliveredmelted us into the hand of our iniquities.

8¶But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father;

We are the clay, and You our potter;

And all of us are the work of Your hand.

9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Yahweh,

Nor remember iniquity forever;

Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.

10Your holy cities have become a wilderness;

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

11Our holy and glorious house,

Where our fathers praised You,

Has been burned by fire;

And all our precious things have become a waste place.

12Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?

Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

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Isaiah 64

A Prayer for God’s Power

1If only You would rend the heavens and come down,

so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

2as fire kindles the brushwood

and causes the water to boil,

to make Your name known to Your enemies,

so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!

3When You did awesome works that we did not expect,

You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

4From ancient times no one has heard,

no ear has perceived,

no eye has seen any God besides You,

who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.#64:4 Cited in 1 Corinthians 2:9

5You welcome those who gladly do right,

who remember Your ways.

Surely You were angry, for we sinned.

How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

6Each of us has become like something unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;#64:6 Or like a stained menstrual garment

we all wither like a leaf,

and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

7No one calls on Your name

or strives to take hold of You.

For You have hidden Your face from us

and delivered us into the hand #64:7 LXX, Syriac, and Targum Yonaton; MT have made us melt in the hand of our iniquity.

8But now, O Lord, You are our Father;

we are the clay, and You are the potter;

we are all the work of Your hand.

9Do not be angry, O Lord, beyond measure;

do not remember our iniquity forever.

Oh, look upon us, we pray;

we are all Your people!

10Your holy cities have become a wilderness.

Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.

11Our holy and beautiful temple,

where our fathers praised You,

has been burned with fire,

and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

12After all this, O Lord,

will You restrain Yourself?

Will You keep silent

and afflict us beyond measure?

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