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Isaiah 64

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Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

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As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

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When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

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For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

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But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

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But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

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Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

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Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

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Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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Isaiah 64:9

“Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”

Study Summary

The community appeals: your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem is desolate, establishing that divine judgment has devastated the religious center. The rhetorical questions whether YHWH will be silent and afflict terribly indicate that continued withdrawal is unbearable. The appeal to the community's sacred sites as justification for intervention positions the desecration of holiness as requiring divine response. This verse's devastation-language articulates the post-exilic trauma: the holy city remains in ruins, and divine restoration has not been complete.

Community Reflections

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Amara Diallo (test user)1d ago
Seeds of faith — Isaiah 64

The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never…

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Isaiah 64:9

“Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”

Study Summary

The community appeals: your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem is desolate, establishing that divine judgment has devastated the religious center. The rhetorical questions whether YHWH will be silent and afflict terribly indicate that continued withdrawal is unbearable. The appeal to the community's sacred sites as justification for intervention positions the desecration of holiness as requiring divine response. This verse's devastation-language articulates the post-exilic trauma: the holy city remains in ruins, and divine restoration has not been complete.

Community Reflections

1
Amara Diallo (test user)1d ago
Seeds of faith — Isaiah 64

The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never…

Read the note →

Isaiah 64:9

The community appeals: your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem is desolate, establishing that divine judgment has devastated the religious center. The rhetorical questions whether YHWH will be silent and afflict terribly indicate that continued withdrawal is unbearable. The appeal to the community's sacred sites as justification for intervention positions the desecration of holiness as requiring divine response. This verse's devastation-language articulates the post-exilic trauma: the holy city remains in ruins, and divine restoration has not been complete.