23_ISA_64_01 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence.
23_ISA_64_02 as [ when] the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, [ that] the nations may tremble at thy presence !
23_ISA_64_03 when thou didst terrible things [ which] we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
23_ISA_64_04 for since the beginning of the world [ men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [ what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
23_ISA_64_05 thou meetest him that rejoiceth And worketh righteousness, [ those that] Remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those Is continuance, And we shall be saved.
23_ISA_64_06 but we are all as an unclean [ thing], And all our righteousnesses [ are] as filthy rags; And we all do fade as A leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
23_ISA_64_07 And [ there Is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, And hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
23_ISA_64_08 but now, O LORD, thou [ art] our Father; we [ are] the clay, And thou our potter; And we all [ are] the work of thy hand.
23_ISA_64_09 be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither Remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [ are] all thy people.
23_ISA_64_10 thy holy cities are A wilderness, Zion Is A wilderness, Jerusalem A desolation.
23_ISA_64_11 our holy And our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, Is burned up with fire: And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
23_ISA_64_12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for These [ things], O LORD? Wilt thou hold thy peace, And afflict us very sore?