Isaiah 64

64^aOh, that you would rend the heavens^c and come down,^d

that the mountains^e would tremble before you!

²As when fire sets twigs ablaze

and causes water to boil,

come down to make your name^f known to your enemies

and cause the nations to quake^g before you!

³For when you did awesome^h things that we did not expect,

you came down, and the mountains trembledⁱ before you.

⁴Since ancient times no one has heard,

no ear has perceived,

no eye has seen any God besides you,^j

who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^k

⁵You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^l

who remember your ways.

But when we continued to sin against them,

you were angry.^m

How then can we be saved?

⁶All of us have become like one who is unclean,ⁿ

and all our righteous^o acts are like filthy rags;

we all shrivel up like a leaf,^p

and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^q

⁷No one^r calls on your name^s

or strives to lay hold of you;

for you have hidden^t your face from us

and have given us over^u to^b our sins.

⁸Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^v

We are the clay, you are the potter;^w

we are all the work of your hand.^x

⁹Do not be angry^y beyond measure, Lord;

do not remember our sins^z forever.

Oh, look on us, we pray,

for we are all your people.^a

¹⁰Your sacred cities^b have become a wasteland;

even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^c

¹¹Our holy and glorious temple,^d where our ancestors praised you,

has been burned with fire,

and all that we treasured^e lies in ruins.

¹²After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^f

Will you keep silent^g and punish us beyond measure?