Wanting the Lord God to Not Hold His Peace |
Isaiah 64:1-12 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
Oh, that you would [tear open] the heavens, [so] that You would come down & that the mountains might flow down at Your presence. [Psalm 144:5 Bow [down] Your heavens, O Lord & come down. Touch the mountains & they shall smoke.] |
[Like] when the melting fire burns. [2 Peter 3:10 *But the day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat & also the earth & the [things made] that are [in there] shall be burned up.] |
The fire causes the waters to boil, to make Your Name known to Your [enemies, so] that the nations may tremble at Your presence! When you did [terribly awesome] things, [that] we [didn’t] look for, You came down & the mountains flowed down at your presence. |
[Exodus 19:17-18 And Moses brought the people [forward] out of the camp to meet with God & they stood at the [lowest] part of the Mount. And Mount Sinai, [a.k.a. Mount Horeb,] was [totally smoking,] because the Lord descended upon it in the fire & the smoke [of it went up like] the smoke of a furnace & the whole [mountain] quaked greatly.] |
O God, since the beginning of the world, men haven't heard, nor [have their ears] [become aware of] & neither have [their eyes] seen [any god] [besides] You & what He has prepared for him, [who] waits for Him. [Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men. |
And He will dwell with them & they shall be His people. And God, Himself, shall be with them & be their God. *And God shall wipe away all their tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be any more pain: for the [previous] things [have] passed away.] |
You [greet] him, [who] rejoices & [accomplishes what is righteous] & [those who] remember You & Your ways. [Look,] You are [angry;] for we have sinned. In those, [who continue,] we shall be saved. [2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack [about] His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient] to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.] |
We are all [like] an unclean thing & all our righteousness, [is like] filthy rags. We all fade [like] a leaf & our [sins] have taken us away like the wind. And there is none, [who] calls upon Your Name, that stirs himself up to [embrace] You, for You have [hidden] Your face from us & have consumed us, because of our [sins.] |
But now, O Lord, You are our Father & we are the clay. And You are our potter & we all are the work of Your hand. [Don't] be very [furious], O Lord. Neither remember [our sins] forever. We [urge] You, [Look] & see, we are all Your people. Your holy cities & Zion are a wilderness & Jerusalem [is] a desolation. |
Our beautiful holy [temple], where our [forefathers] praised You, is burned up with fire. And all our pleasant things are laid [to] waste. [2 Kings 25:9-11 And he burnt the [Lord's] house & the king's house & all the houses of Jerusalem & every great man's house with fire. ] |
And all the army of the [Chaldean's, who] were with the captain of the guard, [broke] down [Jerusalem's] walls [all around.] Now, the rest of the people, [who] were left in the city & the fugitives, [who defected] to the king of Babylon, with the [rest] of the multitude, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, [carried] away.] |
O Lord, will You withdraw Yourself & hold Your peace [about] these things & [severely] afflict us? [Isaiah 54:7-8 For a small moment, I have [abandoned] you; but with great mercies, I will gather you. In a little wrath, I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness, I will have mercy on you, says the Lord, Your Redeemer.] |