Isaiah 64 : 1 (NCV)
Tear open the skies and come down to earth so that the mountains will tremble before you.
Isaiah 64 : 2 (NCV)
Like a fire that burns twigs, like a fire that makes water boil, let your enemies know who you are. Then all nations will shake with fear when they see you.
Isaiah 64 : 3 (NCV)
You have done amazing things we did not expect. You came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
Isaiah 64 : 4 (NCV)
From long ago no one has ever heard of a God like you. No one has ever seen a God besides you, who helps the people who trust you.
Isaiah 64 : 5 (NCV)
You help those who enjoy doing good, who remember how you want them to live. But you were angry because we sinned. For a long time we disobeyed, so how can we be saved?
Isaiah 64 : 6 (NCV)
All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away.
Isaiah 64 : 7 (NCV)
No one worships you or even asks you to help us. That is because you have turned away from us and have let our sins destroy us.
Isaiah 64 : 8 (NCV)
But Lord, you are our father. We are like clay, and you are the potter; your hands made us all.
Isaiah 64 : 9 (NCV)
Lord, don't continue to be angry with us; don't remember our sins forever. Please, look at us, because we are your people.
Isaiah 64 : 10 (NCV)
Your holy cities are empty like the desert. Jerusalem is like a desert; it is destroyed.
Isaiah 64 : 11 (NCV)
Our ancestors worshiped you in our holy and wonderful Temple, but now it has been burned with fire, and all our precious things have been destroyed.
Isaiah 64 : 12 (NCV)
When you see these things, will you hold yourself back from helping us, Lord? Will you be silent and punish us beyond what we can stand?
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