Esaias 64
1 If thou wouldst open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt, 2 as wax melteth before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled, 3 whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.
4 [1]From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God besides thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy. 5 For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred, 6 and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have [2]fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, or that remembereth to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.
8 And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all of us the work of thy hands. 9 Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins [3]for ever; but now look on us, for we are all thy people. 10 The city of thy holiness hath become desolate, Sion hath become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse. 11 The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, hath been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin. 12 And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withheld thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.
Notes
- 64:4 1 Cor. 2:9 ↩
- 64:6 fallen: lit. flowed out ↩
- 64:9 for ever: The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. ↩