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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Isaiah 64
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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 Study & Commentary
Isaiah 64 - Rend the Heavens: A passionate communal lament, pleading for God to "rend the heavens" and come down. The prophet confesses that all human righteousness is as "filthy rags" and yields to God as the "Potter."
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. Total Depravity: "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags" (v. 6). Even our best works are stained by sin when compared to God's holiness.2. Unseen Wonders: God prepares things for those who wait for Him that no eye has seen or ear heard (v. 4; cf. 1 Cor 2:9).
3. The Potter and the Clay: A final submission to God's sovereignty—"we are the clay, and thou our potter" (v. 8).
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Radical Dependence: Acknowledging that we "fade as a leaf" without the sustaining power of God.2. Surrender to Process: Trusting the "Potter" to shape our lives, even through the pressure of trials.
