Isaiah 64

1O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.

1O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

1Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, — that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

2They would melt as at the burning of fire, the waters would burn with fire, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies: that the nations might tremble at thy presence.

2As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

2— as fire kindleth brushwood, as the fire causeth water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

3When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall not bear them: thou didst come down, and at thy presence the mountains melted away.

3While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

3When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

4From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.

4The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

4Never have [men] heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor hath eye seen aGod beside thee, who acteth for him that waiteth for him.

5Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.

5Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth to do righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: (behold, thou wast wroth, and we have sinned:) in those is perpetuity, and we shall be saved.

6And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

6For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

6And we are all become as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;

7There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up, and taketh hold of thee: thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity.

7And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

7and there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast caused us to melt away through our iniquities.

8And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

8But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

8And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

9Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.

9Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.

9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

10The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert, Sion is made a desert, Jerusalem is desolate.

10Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

10Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11The house of our holiness, and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire, and all our lovely things are turned into ruins.

11Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.

11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.

12Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently?

12In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?

12Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?