Isaias (Isaiah) 64
64
1[O] THAT thou wouldst rend the heavens and wouldst come down. The mountains would melt away at thy presence.
2They would melt as at the burning of fire, the waters would burn with fire: that thy name might be made known to thy enemies, that the nations might tremble at thy presence.
3When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall not bear them. Thou didst come down, and at thy presence the mountains melted away.
4From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.
5Thou hast met him that rejoiceth and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee. Behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always and we shall be saved.
6And we are all become as one unclean: and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman. And we have all fallen as a leaf: and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up and taketh hold of thee: Thou hast hid thy face from us and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity.
8And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.
9Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
10The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert; Sion is made a desert; Jerusalem is desolate.
11The house of our holiness and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire: and all our lovely things are turned into ruins.
12Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things? Wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict us vehemently?
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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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