Isaiah 64:6

Isaiah 64:1 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence--\

Isaiah 64:1 \64:2\as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil--to make thy name known to thy adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

Isaiah 64:2 \64:3\When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

Isaiah 64:3 \64:4\From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 64:4 \64:5\Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?

Isaiah 64:5 \64:6\We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Isaiah 64:7 \64:8\Yet, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand.

Isaiah 64:8 \64:9\Be not exceedingly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity for ever. Behold, consider, we are all thy people.

Isaiah 64:9 \64:10\Thy holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Isaiah 64:10 \64:11\Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

Isaiah 64:11 \64:12\Wilt thou restrain thyself at these things, O LORD? Wilt thou keep silent, and afflict us sorely?