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Isaiah 64 (CEV)

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¹ Rip the heavens apart! Come down, LORD; make the mountains tremble. ² Be a spark that starts a fire causing water to boil. Then your enemies will know who you are; all nations will tremble because you are nearby. ³ Your fearsome deeds have completely amazed us; even the mountains shake when you come down. ⁴ You are the only God ever seen or heard of who works miracles for his followers. ⁵ You help all who gladly obey and do what you want, but sin makes you angry. Only by your help can we ever be saved. ⁶ We are unfit to worship you; each of our good deeds is merely a filthy rag. We dry up like leaves; our sins are storm winds sweeping us away. ⁷ No one worships in your name or remains faithful. You have turned your back on us and let our sins melt us away. ⁸ You, LORD, are our Father. We are nothing but clay, but you are the potter who molded us. ⁹ Don't be so furious or keep our sins in your thoughts forever! Remember that all of us are your people. ¹⁰ Every one of your towns has turned into a desert, especially Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zion's glorious and holy temple where our ancestors praised you has been destroyed by fire. Our beautiful buildings are now a pile of ruins. ¹² When you see these things, how can you just sit there and make us suffer more?