Isaiah 64
1 as wax melts 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,
2 whenever thou shalt work gloriously;
trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.
3 From of old
a1 Cor. 2. 9.
we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works
which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.
4 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,
5 and we are all become as unclean,
and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have
bHeb. and Lit. flowed out.fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us
away. 6 And
there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on
thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up
because of our sins.
7 And now, O Lord, thou art our
Father, and we are clay, all of us the work of thine
hands. 8 Be not very wroth with us,
and remember not our sins
cThe Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism.for ever; but now look on us, for we are all thy
people. 9 The city of thy holiness has
become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
10 The house, our sanctuary, and the
glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our
glorious things have gone to ruin.
11 And for all these things thou, O
Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.