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16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name. 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

64 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might [a]quake at thy presence, as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence. For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye [b]seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him. Thou [c]meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: [d]in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved? For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast [e]consumed us by means of our iniquities.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 Or, flow down
  2. Isaiah 64:4 Or, seen, O God, besides thee, one that etc.
  3. Isaiah 64:5 Or, sparest
  4. Isaiah 64:5 Or, in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. The Hebrew is obscure.
  5. Isaiah 64:7 Hebrew melted.

16 But you are our Father,(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(D) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(E) so we do not revere(F) you?
Return(G) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(H)
18 For a little while(I) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(J) down your sanctuary.(K)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[a] by your name.(L)

64 [b]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(M) and come down,(N)
    that the mountains(O) would tremble before you!
As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(P) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(Q) before you!
For when you did awesome(R) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(S) before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(T)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(U)
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(V)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(W)
    How then can we be saved?
All of us have become like one who is unclean,(X)
    and all our righteous(Y) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(Z)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(AA)
No one(AB) calls on your name(AC)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(AD) your face from us
    and have given us over(AE) to[c] our sins.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called
  2. Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
  3. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of