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
1Why don't you tear the sky apart and come down? The mountains would see you and shake with fear. 2They would tremble like water boiling over a hot fire. Come and reveal your power to your enemies, and make the nations tremble at your presence! 3There was a time when you came and did terrifying things that we did not expect; the mountains saw you and shook with fear. 4#1 Cor 2.9No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him. 5You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times.#64.5 Probable text in spite of… ancient times; Hebrew unclear. 6All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind. 7No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned#64.7 Some ancient translations abandoned; Hebrew melted. us because of our sins.
8But you are our father, LORD. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us, 9so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us for ever. We are your people; be merciful to us. 10Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin, 11and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins. 12LORD, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can endure?
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