Chapter 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.

Isa 64:1-2

³ From of old 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 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.

Isa 64:3-6

⁷ And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of thy hands. ⁸ Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins forever; but now look on [us], for we are all thy people. ⁹ The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Zion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse. ¹⁰ The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burned 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.

Isa 64:7-11