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Isaiah 64

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ [1]If only You would tear the heavens open and come down, ⓐ so that mountains would quake at Your presence ⓑ —

² [2]as fire kindles the brushwood, and fire causes water to boil — to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that nations will tremble at Your presence!

³ When You did awesome works ⓒ that we did not expect, You came down, ⓓ and the mountains quaked at Your presence.

⁴ From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened, no eye has seen any God except You, who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him. ⓔ

⁵ You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? [3]

⁶ All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted [4] garment; ⓕ all of us wither like a leaf, ⓖ and our iniquities ⓗ carry us away like the wind.

⁷ No one calls on Your name, striving to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us ⓘ and made us melt because of [5] [6] our iniquity.

⁸ Yet LORD, You are our Father; ⓙ we are the clay, and You are our potter; we all are the work of Your hands. ⓚ

⁹ LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. ⓛ Please look — all of us are Your people!

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

¹¹ Our holy and beautiful [7] temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. ⓝ

¹² LORD, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely? ⓞ

#	HCSB
1	[1]If only You would tear the heavens open and come down, ⓐ so that mountains would quake at Your presence ⓑ —
2	[2]as fire kindles the brushwood, and fire causes water to boil — to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
3	When You did awesome works ⓒ that we did not expect, You came down, ⓓ and the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4	From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened, no eye has seen any God except You, who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him. ⓔ
5	You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? [3]
6	All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted [4] garment; ⓕ all of us wither like a leaf, ⓖ and our iniquities ⓗ carry us away like the wind.
7	No one calls on Your name, striving to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us ⓘ and made us melt because of [5] [6] our iniquity.
8	Yet LORD, You are our Father; ⓙ we are the clay, and You are our potter; we all are the work of Your hands. ⓚ
9	LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. ⓛ Please look — all of us are Your people!
10	Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. ⓜ
11	Our holy and beautiful [7] temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. ⓝ
12	LORD, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely? ⓞ

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^{Isaiah 64:1 [121]} In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.

^{Isaiah 64:7 [122]} Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of

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