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Isaiah 64

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¹ ⓐ Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, ⓑthat the mountains might quake at your presence —

² [1] as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil — ⓒto make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!

³ ⓓ When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

⁴ ⓔ From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, ⓕno eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.

⁵ You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?[2]

⁶ ⓖ We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. ⓗWe all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

⁷ ⓘ There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in[3] the hand 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 ⓜ Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, ⓝand remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.

¹⁰ ⓞ Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

¹¹ ⓟ Our holy and beautiful[4] house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

¹² ⓠ Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

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1	ⓐ Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, ⓑthat the mountains might quake at your presence —
2	[1] as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil — ⓒto make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
3	ⓓ When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
4	ⓔ From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, ⓕno eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
5	You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?[2]
6	ⓖ We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. ⓗWe all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7	ⓘ There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in[3] the hand 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	ⓜ Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, ⓝand remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10	ⓞ Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11	ⓟ Our holy and beautiful[4] house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12	ⓠ Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

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