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65">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.1" class="v23_64_1">1</span>Rip the heavens apart!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_1">Come down, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_1">make the mountains tremble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.2" class="v23_64_2">2</span>Be a spark that starts a fire</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_2">causing water to boil.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_2">Then your enemies will know</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_2">who you are;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_2">all nations will tremble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_2">because you are nearby.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.3" class="v23_64_3">3</span>Your fearsome deeds</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_3">have completely amazed us;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_3">even the mountains shake</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_3">when you come down.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.4" class="v23_64_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You are the only God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_4">ever seen or heard of</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_4">who works miracles</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_4">for his followers.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.5" class="v23_64_5">5</span>You help all who gladly obey</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_5">and do what you want,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_5">but sin makes you angry.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_5">Only by your help</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_5">can we ever be saved.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.6" class="v23_64_6">6</span>We are unfit to worship you;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_6">each of our good deeds</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_6">is merely a filthy rag.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_6">We dry up like leaves;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_6">our sins are storm winds</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_6">sweeping us away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.7" class="v23_64_7">7</span>No one worships in your name</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_7">or remains faithful.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_7">You have turned your back on us</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_7">and let our sins melt us away.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.8" class="v23_64_8">8</span>You, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, are our Father.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_8">We are nothing but clay,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_8">but you are the potter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_8">who molded us.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.9" class="v23_64_9">9</span>Don't be so furious</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_9">or keep our sins</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_9">in your thoughts forever!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_9">Remember that all of us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_9">are your people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.10" class="v23_64_10">10</span>Every one of your towns</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_10">has turned into a desert,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_10">especially Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.11" class="v23_64_11">11</span>Zion's glorious and holy temple</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_11">where our ancestors praised you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_11">has been destroyed by fire.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_11">Our beautiful buildings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_11">are now a pile of ruins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.12" class="v23_64_12">12</span>When you see these things,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_64_12">how can you just sit there</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_64_12">and make us suffer more?</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">64.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Be … boil: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">64.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">saved: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 5.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">64.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and let … away: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span 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