Isaiah 64
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Isaiah 64:1–12
in English Bibles is Isaiah 63:19b–64:11 in the Hebrew Bible. If only you would split open the heavens and come down!
The mountains would quake at your presence.
2Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil.
Come down to make your name known to your enemies.
The nations will tremble in your presence.
3When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn’t expect,
you came down and the mountains quaked in your presence.
4No one has ever heard,
no one has paid attention,
and no one has seen any god except you.
You help those who wait for you.
5You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways.
You showed your anger, because we’ve sinned.
We’ve continued to sin for a long time.
Can we still be saved?
6We’ve all become unclean,#64:6 “Unclean” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God.
and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags.
All of us shrivel like leaves,
and our sins carry us away like the wind.
7No one calls on your name
or tries to hold on to you.
You have hidden your face from us.
You have let us be ruined by our sins.
8But now, Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are our potter.
We are the work of your hands.
9Don’t be too angry, Lord.
Don’t remember our sin forever.
Now look, we are all your people.
10Your holy cities have become a desert.
Zion has become a desert.
Jerusalem is a wasteland.
11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned to the ground.
All that we valued has been ruined.
12Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back?
Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?
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Isaiah 64
64
1Oh that you would tear the heavens,
that you would come down,
that the mountains might quake at your presence—
2as when fire kindles the brushwood,
and the fire causes the water to boil.
Make your name known to your adversaries,
that the nations may tremble at your presence!
3When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for,
you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
4For from of old men have not heard,
nor perceived by the ear,
nor has the eye seen a God besides you,
who works for him who waits for him.
5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned.
We have been in sin for a long time.
Shall we be saved?
6For we have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7There is no one who calls on your name,
who stirs himself up to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
8But now, Yahweh, you are our Father.
We are the clay and you our potter.
We all are the work of your hand.
9Don’t be furious, Yahweh.
Don’t remember iniquity forever.
Look and see, we beg you,
we are all your people.
10Your holy cities have become a wilderness.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you
is burned with fire.
All our pleasant places are laid waste.
12Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh?
Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
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