Isaiah 64:1-12
64 If only you had ripped the heavens apart and come down,So that the mountains would quake because of you,
2 As when a fire ignites the brushwood,And the fire makes the water boil,Then your name would be known to your adversaries,And the nations would tremble before you!
3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we dared not hope for,+You came down, and the mountains quaked before you.+
4 From of old no one has heard or given ear,Nor has any eye seen a God except you,Who acts in behalf of those who keep in expectation of* him.+
5 You have met up with those who joyfully do what is right,+Those who remember you and follow your ways.
Look! You became indignant, while we kept sinning,+We did so for a long time.
Should we now be saved?
6 And we have all become like someone unclean,And all our acts of righteousness are like a menstrual cloth.+
We will all wither like a leaf,And our errors will carry us off like the wind.
7 There is no one calling on your name,No one who stirs himself to take hold of you,For you have hidden your face from us,+And you cause us to waste away* because of* our error.
8 But now, O Jehovah, you are our Father.+
We are the clay, and you are our Potter;*+We are all the work of your hand.
9 Do not become too indignant, O Jehovah,+And do not remember our error forever.
Look at us, please, for we are all your people.
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness.
Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a wasteland.+
11 Our house* of holiness and glory,*Where our forefathers praised you,Has been burned with fire,+And all the things we cherished lie in ruins.
12 In view of this, will you still restrain yourself, O Jehovah?
Will you remain silent and let us be afflicted so severely?+
Footnotes
^ Or “patiently wait for.”
^ Lit., “by the hand of.”
^ Lit., “to melt.”
^ Or “the One who formed us.”
^ Or “temple.”
^ Or “beauty.”
