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Isaiah 64
The prayer that began at 63:7 boils over: "Oh that you would tear the heavens and come down," so mountains quake and enemies tremble. It is a demand for God to act visibly, the way fire makes water boil, instead of staying hidden. Then the mood turns inward. The pray-ers admit they are all unclean, their best deeds "like a polluted garment," fading like leaves. The famous turn comes at verse 8: "we are the clay and you our potter" — surrender after the storming.
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Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—
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as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
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When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
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For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
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You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?
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For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
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But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
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Don’t be furious, LORD. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.
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Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.
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Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
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Ah, se rasgasses os céus, e descesses, para que os montes tremessem na tua presença —
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como quando o fogo acende os gravetos, e o fogo faz a água ferver. Torna o teu nome conhecido aos teus adversários, para que as nações tremam na tua presença!
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Quando fizeste coisas temíveis que não esperávamos, tu desceste, e os montes tremeram na tua presença.
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Pois desde a antiguidade não se ouviu, nem os ouvidos perceberam, nem os olhos viram outro Deus além de ti, que age em favor daquele que nele espera.
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Tu vens ao encontro daquele que se alegra e pratica a justiça, daqueles que se lembram de ti nos teus caminhos. Eis que te iraste, e nós pecamos. Temos estado em pecado por muito tempo. Seremos nós salvos?
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Pois todos nós nos tornamos como o impuro, e toda a nossa justiça é como trapo imundo. Todos nós murchamos como uma folha; e as nossas iniquidades, como o vento, nos levam para longe.
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Não há ninguém que invoque o teu nome, que se desperte para se apegar a ti; pois escondeste o teu rosto de nós, e nos consumiste por meio das nossas iniquidades.
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Mas agora, SENHOR, tu és o nosso Pai. Nós somos o barro, e tu és o nosso oleiro. Todos nós somos obra da tua mão.
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Não te enfureças, SENHOR. Não te lembres da iniquidade para sempre. Olha e vê, nós te imploramos, todos nós somos o teu povo.
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As tuas santas cidades se tornaram um deserto. Sião se tornou um deserto, Jerusalém, uma desolação.
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A nossa santa e bela casa, onde nossos pais te louvavam, foi queimada pelo fogo. Todos os nossos lugares agradáveis estão em ruínas.
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Diante destas coisas, tu te conterás, SENHOR? Ficarás calado e nos punirás tão severamente?
A complaint that ends with a question
The closing verses point at concrete wreckage: holy cities turned to wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation, the temple where "our fathers praised you" burned with fire. This is not abstract guilt but the ruins after conquest.
It ends not with a promise but a question — will God stay silent and keep punishing? That unresolved appeal is exactly what chapter 65 finally answers, and the answer reframes everything just asked.
Context layers
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- Matthew 5:6Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Romans 3:21-26Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Philippians 3:8-9Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
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