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 —
2# Is 64:1 in Hbas fire kindles the brushwood,
and fire causes water to boil —
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will 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,
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? # 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 # 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 # LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of # Lit melt by the hand 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; Rm 9:20-21
9Lord, 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 # Or glorious ; Is 60:7 temple,
where our fathers praised You,
has been burned with fire,
and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. # 2Kg 25:9; Ps 74:5-7; Is 63:18; Mt 23:38
12Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself?
Will You keep silent and afflict severely? # Is 42:14
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Isaiah 64
64
1Rip the heavens apart!
Come down, Lord;
make the mountains tremble.
2Be a spark that starts a fire
causing water to boil.#64.2 Be … boil: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Then your enemies will know
who you are;
all nations will tremble
because you are nearby.
3Your fearsome deeds
have completely amazed us;
even the mountains shake
when you come down.
4 #
1 Co 2.9. You are the only God
ever seen or heard of
who works miracles
for his followers.
5You help all who gladly obey
and do what you want,
but sin makes you angry.
Only by your help
can we ever be saved.#64.5 saved: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 5.
6We are unfit to worship you;
each of our good deeds
is merely a filthy rag.
We dry up like leaves;
our sins are storm winds
sweeping us away.
7No one worships in your name
or remains faithful.
You have turned your back on us
and let our sins melt us away.#64.7 and let … away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
8You, Lord, are our Father.
We are nothing but clay,
but you are the potter
who molded us.
9Don't be so furious
or keep our sins
in your thoughts forever!
Remember that all of us
are your people.
10Every one of your towns
has turned into a desert,
especially Jerusalem.
11Zion's glorious and holy temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been destroyed by fire.
Our beautiful buildings
are now a pile of ruins.
12When you see these things,
how can you just sit there
and make us suffer more?
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