Isaiah 64
Prayer for God's Mercy
God's Everlasting Kingdom is Revealed1
Oh that you would tear the heavens,that you would come down,that the mountains might quake at your presence.
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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!
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When you did awesome things which we didn't look for,you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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But now, The LORD, you are our Father.We are the clay, and you our potter.We all are the work of your hand.
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Don't be furious, The LORD,and don't remember iniquity forever.Look and see, we beg you,we are all your people.
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Your holy cities have become a wilderness.Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.
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Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you,is burned with fire;and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
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Will you hold yourself back for these things, The LORD?Will you keep silent, and punish us very severely?
Isa 64:1-12. TRANSITION FROM COMPLAINT TO PRAYER.
1. rend . . . heavens--bursting forth to execute vengeance, suddenly descending on Thy people's foe (Ps 18:9; 144:5; Hab 3:5, 6).
flow down-- (Jud 5:5; Mic 1:4).