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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
Schlachter 1951
Jesaja 64
Schlachter 1951
Flehen um göttliches Eingreifen
64 Ach, daß du den Himmel zerrissest und herabführest,
daß die Berge vor dir zerschmölzen -
wie Feuer Reisig entzündet
und Wasser siedend macht -,
um deinen Namen deinen Feinden kundzutun,
daß die Heiden vor dir erzittern müßten;
2 [3] indem du furchtbar eingriffest, unerwartet herabführest,
daß vor deinem Angesicht die Berge zerschmölzen!
3 [4] Denn von Ewigkeit her hat man nie gehört, nie vernommen,
hat kein Auge es gesehen, daß ein Gott
tätig war für die, welche auf ihn warten[a],
außer dir allein!
4 [5] Als du denen entgegenkamst, die sich an der Gerechtigkeit freuten und sie übten,
gedachten sie an dich auf deinen Wegen.
Siehe, du wurdest zornig, und wir sündigten;
sollen wir ewig darin bleiben, oder kann uns geholfen werden?
5 [6] Wir sind allesamt geworden wie Unreine
und alle unsere Tugenden wie ein beflecktes Kleid.
Wir sind alle verwelkt wie die Blätter,
und unsere Sünden führen uns dahin wie der Wind.
6 [7] Niemand ruft deinen Namen an
oder macht sich auf, dich zu ergreifen;
denn du hast dein Angesicht verborgen
und uns dahingegeben in die Gewalt unserer Missetaten!
7 [8] Nun aber bist du, Herr, unser Vater;
wir sind der Ton, und du bist unser Töpfer,
wir sind allzumal deiner Hände Werk.
8 [9] Zürne nicht allzusehr, o Herr,
und gedenke nicht ewiglich der Sünden!
Ziehe doch das in Betracht, daß wir alle dein Volk sind!
9 [10] Deine heiligen Städte sind zur Wüste geworden;
Zion ist verwüstet,
Jerusalem zerstört!
10 [11] Unser heiliges und herrliches Haus,
darin unsre Väter dich gelobt haben,
ist in Flammen aufgegangen,
und alles, was uns teuer war, ist verwüstet!
11 [12] Willst du, Herr, trotz alledem dich zurückhalten,
schweigen und uns ganz und gar beugen?
Footnotes
- Jesaja 64:3 vg. 1Ko 2:9
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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