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The mountains would see you and shake with fear. </span><span class="v23_64_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.2" class="v23_64_2">2</span>They would tremble like water boiling over a hot fire. Come and reveal your power to your enemies, and make the nations tremble at your presence! </span><span class="v23_64_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.3" class="v23_64_3">3</span>There was a time when you came and did terrifying things that we did not expect; the mountains saw you and shook with fear. </span><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> No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him. </span><span class="v23_64_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.5" class="v23_64_5">5</span>You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v23_64_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.6" class="v23_64_6">6</span>All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind. </span><span class="v23_64_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.7" class="v23_64_7">7</span>No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.64.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> us because of our sins.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_64_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.8" class="v23_64_8">8</span>But you are our father, <span class="nd">Lord</span>. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us, </span><span class="v23_64_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.9" class="v23_64_9">9</span>so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us. </span><span class="v23_64_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.10" class="v23_64_10">10</span>Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin, </span><span class="v23_64_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.11" class="v23_64_11">11</span>and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins. </span><span class="v23_64_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.64.12" class="v23_64_12">12</span><span class="nd">Lord</span>, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can endure?</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">64.5: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in spite of … ancient times; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">64.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">abandoned; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">melted.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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