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MT lacks and">b</a></span> come down,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that the mountains would quake at your presence—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:2 This v. is 64:1 in the MT">c</a></span> just as fire sets twigs<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:2 Or brushwood">d</a></span> ablaze</p> <p class="poetry2">and the fire causes water to boil—</p> <p class="poetry2">to make known your name to your enemies,</p> <p class="poetry2">yes, to your enemies before you,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:2 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads to make your name known to your adversaries ">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">so that the nations might quake at your presence!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When you did awesome deeds that we expected,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads did not expect">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">you came down,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the mountains shuddered before you.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Since<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads And since">g</a></span> ancient times no one has heard,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:4 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and">h</a></span> no ear has perceived,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">i</a></span> no eye has seen any God besides you,</p> <p class="poetry2">who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You come to the aid of those who gladly do what’s right,</p> <p class="poetry2">To those who remember you in your ways.</p> <p class="poetry2">See, you were angry,</p> <p class="poetry2">and we sinned against them for a long time,</p> <p class="poetry2">but we will be saved.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>All of us have become like one who is unclean,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:6 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab LXX; MT lacks and">j</a></span> all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag;</p> <p class="poetry2">we all shrivel up like a leaf,</p> <p class="poetry2">and like the wind, our iniquities<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:6 The 1QIsaa utilizes a masculine noun; 1QIsab MT utilize a feminine noun">k</a></span> sweep us away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There is no one who calls on your name</p> <p class="poetry2">or rouses himself to take hold of you;</p> <p class="poetry2">for you have hidden your face from us,</p> <p class="poetry2">and have given us<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have melted us; LXX reads have delivered us">l</a></span> into the control<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:7 Lit. hand">m</a></span> of our iniquity.</p> <p class="heading">God, our Father, will Act</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But as for you,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read But now">n</a></span> O LORD, you are our Father;</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">o</a></span> we are clay,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read the clay ">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and you are our potter;</p> <p class="poetry2">we are all the work of your hands.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads your hand">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t be angry beyond measure, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">and don’t remember our iniquity for a season.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads for ever">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Please look now, we are all your people.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your holy cities have become a desert;</p> <p class="poetry2">Zion has become like<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack like">s</a></span> a desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">Jerusalem a desolation.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Our holy Temple and our splendor,</p> <p class="poetry2">where our ancestors praised you,</p> <p class="poetry2">have become<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Our holy and glorious Temple … has become">t</a></span> a conflagration of fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all our dearest places have become<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads all our dearest places has become; MTmss read our every dearest place has become">u</a></span> ruins.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span> LORD, after all this, can you hold yourself back?</p> <p class="poetry2">Can you keep silent and punish us so severely?</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 64:1 This v. is 63:19 in the MT<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 64:1 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 64:2 This v. is 64:1 in the MT<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 64:2 Or <i>brushwood</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 64:2 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>to make your name known to your adversaries</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 64:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>did not expect</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>And since</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 64:4 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 64:6 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 64:6 The 1QIsaa utilizes a masculine noun; 1QIsab MT utilize a feminine noun<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 64:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>have melted us</i>; LXX reads <i>have delivered us</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 64:7 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 64:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>But now</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read <i>the clay</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 64:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>your hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 64:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>for ever</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 64:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack <i>like</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 64:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>Our holy and glorious Temple … has become</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 64:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>all our dearest places has become</i>; MTmss read <i>our every dearest place has become</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/63.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 63"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 63" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/65.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 65"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/64-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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