| Isa 64:1 | The church prays for the illustration of God's power. |
| Isa 64:1 | ¶ Oh that1 thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come2 down, that the3 mountains might flow down at thy presence, |
| Isa 64:2 | As when the melting fire4 burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations5 may tremble at thy presence! |
| Isa 64:3 | When thou didst6 terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains7 flowed down at thy presence. |
| Isa 64:4 | Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions. |
Isa 64:4
•PROVIDENCE DIVINE | For since the beginning of the world men have not8 heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen9, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth10 for him. |
| Isa 64:5 | Thou meetest11 him that rejoiceth12 and worketh righteousness, those that13 remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth14; for we have sinned: in those15 is continuance, and we shall be saved. |
Isa 64:6
•INIQUITIES, OUR
•NATION, THE
•SIN-SAVIOUR
•TRANSIENT-ENDURING | ¶ But we are all16 as an unclean thing, and all our17 righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all18 do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities19, like the wind, have taken us away. |
Isa 64:7
•EARNESTNESS-INDIFFERENCE
•EARNESTNESS-INDIFFERENCE
•FELLOWSHIP-ESTRANGEMENT
•SIN-SAVIOUR | And there is20 none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take21 hold of thee: for thou hast hid22 thy face from us, and hast consumed23 us, because24 of our iniquities. |
Isa 64:8
•ARTS AND CRAFTS
•CLAY
•FATHERHOOD OF GOD | But now, O LORD, thou art25 our father; we are the clay26, and thou our potter; and we all are27 the work of thy hand. |
| Isa 64:9 | It complains of their afflictions. |
| Isa 64:9 | Be not wroth28 very sore, O LORD, neither remember29 iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are30 all thy people. |
Isa 64:10
Jerusalem
Zion | ¶31Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. |
Isa 64:11
•TEMPLES | Our holy32 and our beautiful house, where33 our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our34 pleasant things are laid waste. |
| Isa 64:12 | 35Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? |
