July 13, 2026, Isaiah 64:1-12
July 13, 2026, Isaiah 64:1-12
64 Oh that you would rend the
heavens and come down,
that the mountains might
quake at your presence—
2 [a] as when fire kindles
brushwood
and the fire causes water
to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
and that the nations might
tremble at your presence!
3 When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
you came down, the
mountains quaked at your presence.
4 From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who
wait for him.
5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
those who remember you in
your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
in our sins we have been a
long time, and shall we be saved?[b]
6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous
deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like
the wind, take us away.
7 There is no one who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to take
hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have made us melt in[c] the hand of our
iniquities.
8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you
are our potter;
we are all the work of
your hand.
9 Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
and remember not iniquity
forever.
Behold, please look, we
are all your people.
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a
wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful[d] house,
where our fathers praised
you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant
places have become ruins.
12 Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will you keep silent, and
afflict us so terribly?
Do you pray for God to
work powerfully through your day as you encounter others?
How does sin impact your
prayers?
Does your prayer life
impact your life?
Do your prayers change your
situation, or do they change you?
When our heart is not pure
our “righteous acts” are like filthy rags.
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