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Isaiah 64
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him (note: Cited in 1 Corinthians 2:9).
and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us [away].
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags (note: Or like a stained menstrual garment); we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of thine hands.
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand (note: LXX, Syriac, and Targum Yonaton; MT have made us melt in the hand) of our iniquity.
Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all thy people.
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.