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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 64 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/isaiah/64.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/64.htm" 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adversaries,</div><div class="po2">That the nations might tremble at Thy presence,</div> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm"><b></b></a></span> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When Thou didst tremendous things</div><div class="po2">Which we looked not for—</div><div class="po2">Oh that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence!—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, Neither hath the eye seen a God beside Thee,</div><div class="po2">Who worketh for him that waiteth for Him.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness,</div><div class="po2">Those that remembered Thee in Thy ways—</div><div class="po2">Behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned—</div><div class="po2">Upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And we are all become as one that is unclean,</div><div class="po2">And all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment;</div><div class="po2">And we all do fade as a leaf,</div><div class="po2">And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And there is none that calleth upon Thy name,</div><div class="po2">That stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee;</div><div class="po2">For Thou hast hid Thy face from us,</div><div class="po2">And hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father;</div><div class="po2">We are the clay, and Thou our potter,</div><div class="po2">And we all are the work of Thy hand.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Be not wroth very sore, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">Neither remember iniquity for ever;</div><div class="po2">Behold, look, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy people.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thy holy cities are become a wilderness,</div><div class="po2">Zion is become a wilderness,</div><div class="po2">Jerusalem a desolation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our holy and our beautiful house,</div><div class="po2">Where our fathers praised Thee,</div><div class="po2">Is burned with fire;</div><div class="po2">And all our pleasant things are laid waste.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD?</div><div class="po2">Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, 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