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Isaiah 64
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Oh that you would tear the heavens,
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
as when fire kindles the brushwood,
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!
When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for,
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
For from of old men have not heard,
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).
You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
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?
For we have all become like one who is unclean,
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.
There is no one who calls on your name,
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.
But now, LORD, you are our Father.
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.
Don’t be furious, LORD.
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!
Your holy cities have become a wilderness.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you
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.
Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD?
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?