Isaiah 64

CHAPTER 64

¹¹Oh, that You would rend the heavens and ^acome down,

That the mountains might ^bquake at Your presence—

²¹As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—

To make Your name known to Your adversaries,

That the ^anations may tremble at Your presence!

³When You did ^aawesome things for which we did not hope,

You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.

⁴For from ancient times ^athey have not heard or given ear,

Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,

Who acts in behalf of the one who ^bwaits for Him.

⁵You ^ameet him who rejoices and ^bdoes righteousness,

Who ^cremembers You in Your ways.

Behold, ^dYou were angry; indeed we have sinned—

We continued in them a long time—

And shall we be saved?

⁶For all of us have become like one who is ^aunclean,

And all our ^brighteous deeds are like a filthy garment;

And all of us ^cwither like a leaf,

And our ^diniquities, like the wind, carry us away.

⁷There is ^ano one who calls on Your name,

Who awakens himself to take hold of You,

For You have ^bhidden Your face from us

And have ¹melted us into the hand of our iniquities.

⁸But now, O Yahweh, ^aYou are our Father;

We are the ^bclay, and You our potter;

And all of us are the ^cwork of Your hand.

⁹Do not be ^aangry beyond measure, O Yahweh,

^bNor remember iniquity forever;

Behold, look now, all of us are ^cYour people.

¹⁰Your ^aholy cities have become a ^bwilderness;

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

¹¹Our holy and glorious ^ahouse,

Where our fathers praised You,

Has been burned by fire;

And ^ball our precious things have become a waste place.

¹²Will You ^arestrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?

Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?