Isaiah 64
1 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,
If you would open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from you, and they shall melt,
2 As fire kindleth the dry stubble, As fire causeth water to boil, To make known thy name to thine adversaries, That the nations might tremble at thy presence;
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 As thou once didst wonderful things, which we looked not for, And camest down, so that the mountains trembled at thy presence.
whenever you shall work gloriously; trembling from you shall take hold upon the mountains.
4 For never have men heard, nor perceived by the ear, Nor hath eye seen, a God beside thee. Who doeth such things for those that trust in 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 Thou art the friend of those who joyfully do righteousness, Those who remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou art angry, and we are punished; Long doth the punishment endure, before we are delivered.
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 We are all of us an unclean thing; Like a filthy garment is all our righteousness; We are all withered like a leaf, And our sins, like a storm, have blown 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 There is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth himself up to cleave to thee; For thou hidest thy face from us, And lettest us perish by our iniquities.
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 Jehovah, thou art our father; We are the clay, and thou hast formed us; We are all of us the work of thy hands.
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of your hands.
9 Be not wroth, O Jehovah, to the uttermost, Nor remember our iniquity forever! Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee, we are all thy 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 Thy holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
The city of your holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
11 Our holy and glorious house, Where our fathers praised thee, Is burned with fire, And all our precious things are laid waste.
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 Wilt thou contain thyself at these things, O Jehovah, Wilt thou keep silence, and still grievously afflict us?
And for all these things you, O Lord, has withholden, yourself, and been silent, and have brought us very low.
