Isaiah 64 - Revised Standard Version(RSVCI)

1O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down,

that the mountains might quake at thy presence—

2 as when fire kindles brushwood

and the fire causes water to boil—

to make thy name known to thy adversaries,

and that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for,

thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

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6We 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.

7There is no one that calls upon thy name,

that bestirs himself to take hold of thee;

for thou hast hid thy face from us,

and hast delivered us into the hand of our iniquities.

8Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father;

we are the clay, and thou art our potter;

we are all the work of thy hand.

9Be not exceedingly angry, O Lord,

and remember not iniquity for ever.

Behold, consider, we are all thy people.

10Thy holy cities have become a wilderness,

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

11Our holy and beautiful house,

where our fathers praised thee,

has been burned by fire,

and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

12Wilt thou restrain thyself at these things, O Lord?

Wilt thou keep silent, and afflict us sorely?