Isaiah 64

Legacy Standard Bible

64 ^[a]Oh, that You would rend the heavens and ^(A)come down,
That the mountains might ^(B)quake at Your presence—
^2 [b]As fire kindles the 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 for which we did not hope,
You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
⁴ For from ancient times ^(E)they have not heard or given ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who ^(F)waits for Him.
⁵ You ^(G)meet him who rejoices and ^(H)does righteousness,
Who ^(I)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(J)You were angry; indeed we have sinned—
We continued in them a long time—
And 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)iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
⁷ There is ^(O)no one who calls on Your name,
Who awakens himself to take hold of You,
For You have ^(P)hidden Your face from us
And have ^[c]melted us into the hand of our iniquities.

⁸ But now, O Yahweh, ^(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, O Yahweh,
^(U)Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, 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 glorious ^(Y)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And ^(Z)all our precious things have become a waste place.
¹² Will You ^(AA)restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?