Isaiah 64
64
A Cry for Revival
1God, if only you would tear open
the heavenly realm and come down!
How the mountains would tremble # 64:1 See Judg. 5:5; Hab. 3:6. Mountains can also symbolize governments and kingdoms. There is one King and one kingdom that rises above every other mountain (see Isa. 2:1–5).
in your awesome presence! # 64:1 Or “before your faces.”
2In the same way that fire sets kindling to blaze
and causes water to boil,
let the fire of your presence # 64:2 Fire is a frequent metaphor for the presence of God. See Gen. 3:24; Ex. 3:1–2; Isa. 4:5; 6:6; 10:16–17; 29:6; 30:27, 30; 31:9; 33:14; 66:15–16; Acts 2:3; Heb. 12:29. come down.
Reveal to your enemies your mighty name
and cause the nations to tremble before you!
3When you did amazing wonders we didn’t expect,
you came down,
and mountains shuddered in your presence!
4These amazing things had never been heard of before;
you did things never dreamed of!
No one perceived your greatness.
No eye has ever seen a God like you, # 64:4 See 1 John 1:1–4.
who intervenes for those # 64:4 Or “who works on behalf of those.”
who wait and long # 64:4 The Hebrew word chakah implies waiting with trusting anticipation (longing). for you! # 64:4 Or “him.” See Isa. 40:31; 1 Cor. 2:9–10.
5Those who delight in doing what is right—
you go out to meet # 64:5 Or “you attack them [with kindness].” them with kindness.
They remember you and cherish your ways.
You showed your anger
when we sinned again and again,
yet we can be saved. # 64:5 Or, as a question, “How can we be saved?” There is no verse in Isaiah that is more perplexing and difficult to translate than this one. The exact Hebrew meaning is uncertain.
Sin Is Our Problem
6We have all become contaminated with sin,
and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better
than a menstrual rag.
We are all like fallen leaves,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind. # 64:6 The implication is that we are whirled along by the wind of our sins.
7No one calls on your name
or presses in to lay hold of you,
for you have hidden your face from us.
You have let us be ruined # 64:7 Or “melted.” by our own sins.
The Master Potter
8Yet still, Yahweh, you are our Father.
We are like clay and you are our Potter.
Each one of us is the creative, artistic work of your hands.
9Yahweh, don’t be angry with us!
Don’t remember our sins again forever!
Please look at us; we are your people.
10Your sacred cities are abandoned like a desert;
Zion is a wasteland; Jerusalem sits in ruins.
11Our holy temple, our source of pride,
where our ancestors sang your praise,
has been consumed by fire.
All that we held dear has been destroyed.
12Now, Yahweh, after all this, are you still unmoved?
Will you continue to stand silently by
and afflict us so severely?
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