Isaiah 64
64
1 # 64.1 63:19b in Heb If only you would tear open the heavens and come down!
Mountains would quake before you
2like fire igniting brushwood or making water boil.
# 64.2 64:1 in Heb If you would make your name known to your enemies,
the nations would tremble in your presence.
3When you accomplished wonders beyond all our expectations;
when you came down, mountains quaked before you.
4From ancient times,
no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any god but you
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him!#64.4 Heb uncertain
5You look after those who gladly do right;
they will praise you for your ways.#64.5 Heb uncertain
But you were angry when we sinned;
you hid yourself when we did wrong.#64.5 Heb uncertain
6We have all become like the unclean;
all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag.
All of us wither like a leaf;
our sins, like the wind, carry us away.
7No one calls on your name;
no one bothers to hold on to you,
for you have hidden yourself from us,
and have handed us over#64.7 LXX, cf Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT melted to our sin.
8But now, LORD, you are our father.
We are the clay, and you are our potter.
All of us are the work of your hand.
9Don’t rage so fiercely, LORD;
don’t hold our sins against us forever,
but gaze now on your people, all of us:
10Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a wasteland.
11Our holy, glorious house,
where our ancestors praised you,
has gone up in flames;
all that we treasured has become a ruin.
12After all this, will you hold back, LORD?
Will you keep silent and torment us so terribly?
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Isaiah 64
64
1If only you would tear the heavens open
and come down,#Ex 19:18; Ps 18:9; 144:5
so that mountains would quake at your presence#Jdg 5:5; Ps 68:8; Nah 1:5 —
2just as fire kindles brushwood,
and fire boils water —
to make your name known to your enemies,
so that nations would tremble at your presence!
3When you did awesome works#Dt 10:21; 2Sm 7:23; Ps 65:5
that we did not expect,
you came down,#Mc 1:3–4; Hab 3:13
and the mountains quaked at your presence.
4From ancient times no one has heard,
no one has listened to,
no eye has seen any God except you
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him.#1Co 2:9
5You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember you in your ways.
But we have sinned, and you were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?#64:5 Lit angry; in them continually and we will be saved; Hb obscure
6All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted#64:6 Lit menstrual garment;#Is 61:10; Php 3:7–9
all of us wither like a leaf,#Ps 90:5–6; Is 1:30
and our iniquities#Is 13:11 carry us away like the wind.
7No one calls on your name,
striving to take hold of you.
For you have hidden your face from us#Is 54:8
and made us melt because of#64:7 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of#64:7 Lit melt by the hand of our iniquity.
8Yet Lord, you are our Father;#Is 63:16
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we all are the work of your hands.#Is 29:16; 45:9; Jr 18:2–6; Rm 9:20–21
9 Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.#Is 43:25; 57:17; Mc 7:18
Please look — all of us are your people!
10Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.#Is 62:4
11Our holy and beautiful#64:11 Or glorious; Is 60:7 temple,
where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned down,
and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.#2Kg 25:9; Ps 74:5–7; Is 63:18; Mt 23:38
12 Lord, after all this, will you restrain yourself?
Will you keep silent and afflict us severely?#Is 42:14
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