Isaiah 64
New American Standard Bible
Prayer for Mercy and Help
64 [a]Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and (A)come down,
That the mountains would (B)quake at Your presence—
2 [b]As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the (C)nations may tremble at Your presence!
3 When You did (D)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4 For from days of old (E)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who (F)waits for Him.
5 You (G)meet him who rejoices in (H)doing righteousness,
Who (I)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, (J)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in [c]our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
6 For all of us have become like one who is (K)unclean,
And all our (L)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us (M)wither like a leaf,
And our (N)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
7 There is (O)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have (P)hidden Your face from us
And have [d]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.
8 But now, Lord, (Q)You are our Father;
We are the (R)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the (S)work of Your hand.
9 Do not be (T)angry beyond measure, Lord,
(U)Nor remember wrongdoing forever.
Behold, please look, all of us are (V)Your people.
10 Your (W)holy cities have become a (X)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful (Y)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And (Z)all our precious things have become a ruin.
12 Will You (AA)restrain Yourself at these things, Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:1 Ch 63:19b in Heb
- Isaiah 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Heb
- Isaiah 64:5 Lit them
- Isaiah 64:7 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT melted
Isaiah 64
Lexham English Bible
64 [a] Would that you would tear the heavens and come down;
the mountains would quake before you,
2 [b] as fire kindles brushwood,
the fire causes water to boil,
to make your name known to your adversaries,
that the nations might tremble from your presence.[c]
3 When you did terrible deeds which we did not expect,[d] you came down;
the mountains quaked because of your presence.[e]
4 And since ancient times they have not heard,
have not listened,
no eye has seen a God except you;
he acts[f] for the one who waits for him.
5 You meet with the one who rejoices,
one who does righteousness.
In your ways they remember you.
Look! You were angry and we sinned against them in ancient times and we were saved.
6 And we all have become like the unclean,
and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth,
And we all wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
7 And there is no one who calls on your name,
who pulls himself up to keep hold of you,
for you have hidden your face from us,[g]
and melted us into the hand of our iniquity.
8 Yet now Yahweh, you are our father;
we are the clay and you are our potter,[h]
and we all are the work of your hand.
9 You must not be exceedingly angry, Yahweh,
and you must not remember iniquity forever!
Look! Behold, now! We all are your people!
10 Your holy cities[i] have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful temple,[j] where our ancestors[k] praised you has been burned[l] by fire,
and all our precious objects have become ruins.[m]
12 Will you control yourself because of these, Yahweh?
Will you be silent?
And will you oppress us exceedingly?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:1 Isaiah 64:1 in the English Bible begins here. In the Hebrew Bible, 63:19 continues
- Isaiah 64:2 Isaiah 64:2–12 in the English Bible is 64:1–11 in the Hebrew Bible
- Isaiah 64:2 Literally “face”
- Isaiah 64:3 Literally “await”
- Isaiah 64:3 Literally “face”
- Isaiah 64:4 Literally “makes”
- Isaiah 64:7 Or “him”
- Isaiah 64:8 Literally “one who fashions”
- Isaiah 64:10 Literally “The cities of your holiness”
- Isaiah 64:11 Literally “the house of our holiness and our beauty”
- Isaiah 64:11 Or “fathers”
- Isaiah 64:11 Literally “been for burning”
- Isaiah 64:11 Hebrew “ruin”
Isaia 64
La Nuova Diodati
64 Oh, squarciassi tu i cieli e scendessi! Davanti a te sarebbero scossi i monti.
2 Come il fuoco brucia i rami secchi, come il fuoco fa bollir l'acqua, scendi per far conoscere il tuo nome ai tuoi avversari e far tremare le nazioni davanti a te.
3 Quando facesti cose tremende che non ci aspettavamo, tu discendesti e i monti furono scossi alla tua presenza.
4 Dall'antichità nessuno aveva mai sentito né orecchio udito né occhio visto alcun DIO all'infuori di te, che agisce per chi spera in lui.
5 Tu vai incontro a chi gode nel praticare la giustizia e si ricorda di te nelle tue vie. Ecco, tu ti sei adirato perché noi abbiamo peccato; in questo abbiamo continuato a lungo e abbiamo bisogno di essere salvati.
6 Siamo tutti come una cosa impura, e tutte le nostre opere di giustizia sono come un abito sporco; avvizziamo tutti come una foglia, e le nostre iniquità ci portano via come il vento.
7 Non c'è piú alcuno che invochi il tuo nome, che si scuota per afferrarsi a te perché tu ci hai nascosto la tua faccia e ci lasci consumare in balìa delle nostre iniquità.
8 Tuttavia, o Eterno, tu sei nostro padre; noi siamo l'argilla e tu colui che ci formi; noi tutti siamo opera delle tue mani.
9 Non adirarti troppo, o Eterno, e non ricordarti dell'iniquità per sempre. Ecco, guarda, ti preghiamo: noi tutti siamo il tuo popolo
10 Le tue sante città sono diventate un deserto, Sion è diventata un deserto, Gerusalemme una desolazione.
11 Il nostro santo e magnifico tempio, dove i nostri padri ti celebrarono, è divenuto preda del fuoco e tutte le nostre cose piú care sono state devastate.
12 Davanti a queste cose ti conterrai ancora, o Eterno, tacerai e ci affliggerai ancora molto? Giudizio per i malvagi e salvezza per il residuo
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