Isaiah 64

1Would that you would tear the heavens and come down;[#Isaiah 64:1 in the English Bible begins here. In the Hebrew Bible, 63:19 continues]

2as fire kindles brushwood,[#Isaiah 64:2–12 in the English Bible is 64:1–11 in the Hebrew Bible]

to make your name known to your adversaries,

3When you did terrible deeds which we did not expect, you came down;[#Literally “await”]

4And since ancient times they have not heard,

no eye has seen a God except you;

5You meet with the one who rejoices,

In your ways they remember you.

6And we all have become like the unclean,

And we all wither like a leaf,

7And there is no one who calls on your name,

for you have hidden your face from us,

8Yet now Yahweh, you are our father;

9You must not be exceedingly angry, Yahweh,

Look! Behold, now! We all are your people!

10Your holy cities have become a wilderness;[#Literally “The cities of your holiness”]

11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you has been burned by fire,[#Literally “the house of our holiness and our beauty”; #Or “fathers”; #Literally “been for burning”]

12Will you control yourself because of these, Yahweh?

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