The Book of Isaiah
Chapter Sixty-four
1 ¶ Oh that thou wouldest rend
the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down
at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to
make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy
presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down,
the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by
the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared
for him that waiteth for him.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember
thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance,
and we shall be saved.
6 ¶ But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are
as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind,
have taken us away.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to
take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us,
because of our iniquities.
8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter;
and we all are the work of thy hand.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold,
see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned
up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace,
and afflict us very sore?
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