The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 64

 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 64

1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble at your presence!

2 As when fire kindles wood and causes water to boil, to make your name known to your enemies, so that the nations would tremble at your presence!

3 When you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled at your presence.

4 For since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

5 You came to meet those who rejoiced and did righteousness, those who remembered you in your ways; behold, you were angry, because we sinned; in them is eternity, so that we may be saved.

6 But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; And we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, sweep us away.

7 And there is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up and takes hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and you have made us melt away because of our iniquities.

8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

9 Do not be so angry, O Lord, nor remember iniquity forever; behold, we pray you, we are all your people.

10 Your holy cities have become a desert: Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is desolate.

11 Our holy and glorious house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned with fire; and all our pleasant things have become desolate.

12 Would you still restrain yourself from these calamities, O Lord? Would you remain silent and afflict us so much?