Isaiah 64
1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
If you would open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from you, and they shall melt,
2 As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;
as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and your name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at your presence the nations shall be troubled,
3 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.
whenever you shall work gloriously; trembling from you shall take hold upon the mountains.
4 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside you, and your works which you will perform to them that wait for mercy.
5 Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember your ways: behold, you were angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,
6 For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us [away].
7 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
And there is none that calls upon your name, or that remembers to take hold on you: for you have turned your face away from us, and have delivered us up because of our sins.
8 But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of your hands.
9 Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.
Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all your people.
10 Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
The city of your holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.
12 In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?
And for all these things you, O Lord, has withholden, yourself, and been silent, and have brought us very low.
