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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/64-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Isaiah 64</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/63.htm" title="Isaiah 63">◄</a> Isaiah 64 <a href="../isaiah/65.htm" title="Isaiah 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/isaiah/64.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,</p><p class="line2">that the mountains would tremble before you!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As when fire sets twigs ablaze</p><p class="line2">and causes water to boil,</p><p class="line1">come down to make your name known to your enemies</p><p class="line2">and cause the nations to quake before you!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,</p><p class="line2">you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Since ancient times no one has heard,</p><p class="line2">no ear has perceived,</p><p class="line1">no eye has seen any God besides you,</p><p class="line2">who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You come to the help of those who gladly do right,</p><p class="line2">who remember your ways.</p><p class="line1">But when we continued to sin against them,</p><p class="line2">you were angry.</p><p class="line2">How then can we be saved?</p> <p class="line1"><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="line2">and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;</p><p class="line1">we all shrivel up like a leaf,</p><p class="line2">and like the wind our sins sweep us away.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>No one calls on your name</p><p class="line2">or strives to lay hold of you;</p><p class="line1">for you have hidden your face from us</p><p class="line2">and have given us over to <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of">a</a></sup></span> our sins.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yet you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, are our Father.</p><p class="line2">We are the clay, you are the potter;</p><p class="line2">we are all the work of your hand.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not be angry beyond measure, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">do not remember our sins forever.</p><p class="line1">Oh, look on us, we pray,</p><p class="line2">for we are all your people.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your sacred cities have become a wasteland;</p><p class="line2">even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,</p><p class="line2">has been burned with fire,</p><p class="line2">and all that we treasured lies in ruins.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After all this, <span class="name">Lord</span>, will you hold yourself back?</p><p class="line2">Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; 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