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Isaiah 64
New King James Version
Isaiah 64
New King James Version
A Prayer for Help
64 Oh, that You would [a]rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your (A)presence—
2 As fire burns brushwood,
As fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
3 When (B)You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world
(C)Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—
(D)In these ways we continue;
And we need to be saved.
6 But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all (E)our righteousnesses are like [b]filthy rags;
We all (F)fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
7 And there is no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us,
And have [c]consumed us because of our iniquities.
8 But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (G)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
9 Do not be furious, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!
10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful [d]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (H)our pleasant things [e]are laid waste.
12 (I)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(J)Will You [f]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:1 tear open
- Isaiah 64:6 Lit. a filthy garment
- Isaiah 64:7 Lit. caused us to melt
- Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
- Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin
- Isaiah 64:12 keep silent
Jesaja 64
Svenska 1917
Jesaja 64
Svenska 1917
64 O att du läte himmelen rämna och fore hitned, så att bergen skälvde inför dig,
2 likasom när ris antändes av eld och vatten genom eld bliver sjudande, så att du gjorde ditt namn kunnigt bland dina ovänner och folken darrade för dig!
3 O att du fore hitned med underbara gärningar som vi icke kunde vänta, så att bergen skälvde inför dig!
4 Aldrig någonsin har man ju hört, aldrig har något öra förnummit, aldrig har något öga sett en annan Gud än dig handla så mot dem som vänta efter honom.
5 Du kom dem till mötes, som övade rättfärdighet med fröjd, dem som på dina vägar tänkte på dig. Men se, du blev förtörnad, och vi stodo där såsom syndare. Så hava vi länge stått; skola vi väl bliva frälsta?
6 Vi blevo allasammans lika orena människor, och all vår rättfärdighet var såsom en fläckad klädnad. Vi vissnade allasammans såsom löv, och våra missgärningar förde oss bort såsom vinden.
7 Ingen fanns, som åkallade ditt namn, ingen, som vaknade upp för att hålla sig till dig; ty du dolde ditt ansikte för oss och lät oss försmäkta genom vår missgärning.
8 Men HERRE, du är ju vår fader; vi äro leret, och du är den som har danat oss, vi äro allasammans verk av din hand.
9 Var då ej så högeligen förtörnad, HERRE; och tänk icke evinnerligen på vår missgärning; nej, se därtill att vi allasammans äro ditt folk.
10 Dina heliga städer hava blivit en öken, Sion har blivit en öken, Jerusalem en ödemark.
11 Vårt heliga och härliga tempel, där våra fäder lovade dig, det har blivit uppbränt i eld; och allt vad dyrbart vi ägde har lämnats åt förödelsen.
12 Kan du vid allt detta hålla dig tillbaka, o HERRE? Kan du tiga stilla och plåga oss så svårt?
Isaiah 64
New International Version
Isaiah 64
New International Version
64 [a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(A) and come down,(B)
that the mountains(C) would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(D) known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake(E) before you!
3 For when you did awesome(F) things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled(G) before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(H)
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(I)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(J)
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.(K)
How then can we be saved?
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,(L)
and all our righteous(M) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(N)
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(O)
7 No one(P) calls on your name(Q)
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(R) your face from us
and have given us over(S) to[b] our sins.
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(T)
We are the clay, you are the potter;(U)
we are all the work of your hand.(V)
9 Do not be angry(W) beyond measure, Lord;
do not remember our sins(X) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.(Y)
10 Your sacred cities(Z) have become a wasteland;
even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(AA)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(AB) where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire,
and all that we treasured(AC) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(AD)
Will you keep silent(AE) and punish us beyond measure?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
- Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of
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