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Text -- Isaiah 64:1-12 (NET)
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64:1 If only you would tear apart the sky and come down ! The mountains would tremble before you!
64:2 As when fire ignites dry wood , or fire makes water boil , let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence !
64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise , you came down , and the mountains trembled before you.
64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived , no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.
64:5 You assist those who delight in doing what is right , who observe your commandments . Look , you were angry because we violated them continually . How then can we be saved ?
64:6 We are all like one who is unclean , all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf ; our sins carry us away like the wind .
64:7 No one invokes your name , or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins .
64:8 Yet , Lord , you are our father . We are the clay , and you are our potter ; we are all the product of your labor .
64:9 Lord , do not be too angry ! Do not hold our sins against us continually ! Take a good look at your people , at all of us!
64:10 Your chosen cities have become a desert ; Zion has become a desert , Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
64:11 Our holy temple , our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire ; all our prized possessions have been destroyed .
64:12 In light of all this , how can you still hold back , Lord ? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Intercession |
Wailing-place, Jews' |
Afflictions and Adversities |
God |
Mountain |
Sin |
Repentance |
Volcanoes |
Wicked |
Judgments |
Temple |
Pottery |
Dress |
Works |
Life |
Faith |
Mankind |
Righteous |
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NET Notes: Isa 64:2 Heb “to make known your name to your adversaries.” Perhaps the infinitive construct with preposition -לְ (lamed) should be con...
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NET Notes: Isa 64:5 The Hebrew text reads literally, “look, you were angry and we sinned against them continually [or perhaps, “in ancient times”] and w...
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NET Notes: Isa 64:6 Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.&...
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NET Notes: Isa 64:7 The Hebrew text reads literally, “and you caused us to melt in the hand of our sin.” The verb וַתְּמ...
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NET Notes: Isa 64:9 Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”
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NET Notes: Isa 64:10 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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