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Isaiah

Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration

Isaiah 63:7-64:12
7I will cause the steadfast loves of the LORD to be remembered, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has done for us, and the abundant goodness to the house of Israel, which he has done for them according to his compassions and according to the abundance of his steadfast loves. 8And he said, Surely they are my people, sons who will not deal falsely; and he became their savior. 9In all their distress there was no distress for him, and the messenger of his presence saved them; in his love and in his compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up and carried them all the days of eternity. 10But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit, so he turned and became their enemy; he himself fought against them. 11Then he remembered the days of old concerning Moses and his people. Where is the one who brought them up from the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy spirit among them, 12who led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name, 13who led them through the depths like a horse through the wilderness so that they did not stumble, 14like an animal going down into the valley. The spirit of the LORD gave them rest. Thus you led your people to make for yourself a glorious name. 15Look down from heaven and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts, the stirring of your inward parts and your compassions toward me that they are restrained? 16For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our father; our redeemer from of old is your name. 17Why do you lead us astray, O LORD, from your ways? Why do you harden our heart so that we do not fear you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance. 18For a little while your holy people possessed it; our enemies have trampled your sanctuary. 19We have been from of old; you have not ruled over them, nor have they been called by your name.
Chapter 64
1If only you had torn open the heavens and come down, the mountains would have quaked before you, 2as fire kindles brushwood and causes water to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations tremble before you. 3When you performed awesome deeds we did not wait; you came down and the mountains quaked before you. 4From of old no one has heard, no ear has listened, and no eye has seen a God besides you who acts for those who wait for him. 5You have met the one who rejoices and does righteousness in your ways; they remember you. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; will you be angry forever, and shall we be saved? 6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy garment; we wither like a leaf, all of us, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. 7There is no one who calls on your name or rouses himself to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and have caused us to melt because of our iniquities. 8Yet now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 9Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, and do not remember iniquity forever. Behold, look upon your people, all of us, we pray. 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness; Jerusalem has become a desolation. 11Our holy and glorious house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned with fire, and all our pleasant things have become a ruin. 12Will you restrain yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
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