Isaiah 64

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Isaiah 64

Prayer for Mercy and Help

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^(a)Oh, that You would rend the heavens and ^(A)come down,
That the mountains might ^(B)quake at Your presence—

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^(b)As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^(C)nations may tremble at Your presence!

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When You did ^(D)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.

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For from days of old ^(E)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who ^(F)waits for Him.

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You ^(G)meet him who rejoices in ^(H)doing righteousness,
Who ^(I)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(J)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in them a long time;
And shall we be saved?

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For all of us have become like one who is ^(K)unclean,
And all our ^(L)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^(M)wither like a leaf,
And our ^(N)iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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There is ^(O)no one who calls on Your name,
Who arouses himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^(P)hidden Your face from us
And have ^(c)delivered us into the power of our iniquities.

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But now, O Lord, ^(Q)You are our Father,
We are the ^(R)clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the ^(S)work of Your hand.

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Do not be ^(T)angry beyond measure, O Lord,
^(U)Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are ^(V)Your people.

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Your ^(W)holy cities have become a ^(X)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

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Our holy and beautiful ^(Y)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And ^(Z)all our precious things have become a ruin.

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Will You ^(AA)restrain Yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 64:1: ['Ch 63:19b in Heb']

b. Isaiah 64:2: ['Ch 64:1 in Heb']

c. Isaiah 64:7: ['Reading with the DSS and versions; M.T. ', melted]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 64:1: Exodus 19:18; Psalm 18:9; Psalm 144:5; Micah 1:3; Micah 1:4; Habakkuk 3:13

B. Isaiah 64:1: Judges 5:5; Psalm 68:8; Nahum 1:5

C. Isaiah 64:2: Psalm 99:1; Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 33:9

D. Isaiah 64:3: Psalm 65:5; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 66:5; Psalm 106:22

E. Isaiah 64:4: 1 Corinthians 2:9

F. Isaiah 64:4: Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 40:31

G. Isaiah 64:5: Exodus 20:24

H. Isaiah 64:5: Isaiah 56:1

I. Isaiah 64:5: Isaiah 26:13; Isaiah 63:7

J. Isaiah 64:5: Isaiah 12:1

K. Isaiah 64:6: Isaiah 6:5

L. Isaiah 64:6: Isaiah 46:12; Isaiah 48:1

M. Isaiah 64:6: Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6; Isaiah 1:30

N. Isaiah 64:6: Isaiah 50:1

O. Isaiah 64:7: Isaiah 59:4; Ezekiel 22:30

P. Isaiah 64:7: Deuteronomy 31:18; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 54:8

Q. Isaiah 64:8: Isaiah 63:16

R. Isaiah 64:8: Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9

S. Isaiah 64:8: Psalm 100:3; Isaiah 60:21

T. Isaiah 64:9: Isaiah 57:17; Isaiah 60:10

U. Isaiah 64:9: Isaiah 43:25; Micah 7:18

V. Isaiah 64:9: Psalm 79:13; Isaiah 63:8

W. Isaiah 64:10: Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1

X. Isaiah 64:10: Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 6:11

Y. Isaiah 64:11: Psalm 74:5-7; Isaiah 63:18

Z. Isaiah 64:11: Lamentations 1:7; Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 1:11

AA. Isaiah 64:12: Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:11; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:19; Isaiah 42:14; Isaiah 63:15