Isaiah 64

1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—

Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!

as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

3 When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.

When thou did fearful things which we did not look for, thou came down; the mountains quaked at thy presence.

4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he has prepared for him who waits for him.

5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?

Thou meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou were angry, and we sinned. Therefore we have erred.

6 For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

7 There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.

And there is none who calls upon thy name, who stirs himself up to take hold of thee. For thou have hid thy face from us, and have consumed us through our iniquities.

8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

But now, O Jehovah, thou are our Father. We are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand.

9 Don’t be furious, Yahweh. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.

Be not angry very severely, O Jehovah, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

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

Thy holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire, and all our pleasant places are laid waste.

12 Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?

Will thou restrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? Will thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very severely?