Isaiah 64 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Prayer for Mercy and Help

Isa 64:2(LXX 64:1) as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,

Isa 64:3

Isa 64:3(LXX 64:2) whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.

Isa 64:4

Isa 64:4(LXX 64:3) From of old [fn] we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.

Isa 64:5

Isa 64:5(LXX 64:4) For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,

Isa 64:6

Isa 64:6(LXX 64:5) and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have [fn]fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us away.

Isa 64:7

Isa 64:7(LXX 64:6) And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.

Isa 64:8

Isa 64:8(LXX 64:7) And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all of us the work of thine hands.

Isa 64:9

Isa 64:9(LXX 64:8) Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins [fn]for ever; but now look on us, for we are all thy people.

Isa 64:10

Isa 64:10(LXX 64:9) The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.

Isa 64:11

Isa 64:11(LXX 64:10) The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.

Isa 64:12

Isa 64:12(LXX 64:11) And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.