1 Oh, that You would [a]rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your presence —
As fire causes water to boil —
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
Who remembers You in Your ways.
You are indeed angry, for we have sinned —
In these ways we continue;
And we need to be saved.
And all our righteousnesses are like [b]filthy rags;
We all fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us,
And have [c]consumed us because of our iniquities.
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Indeed, please look — we all are Your people!
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all our pleasant things [e]are laid waste.
Will You [f]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
64:3 страшные дела. Исаия обращается к истории исхода (Втор 10:21; Пс 65:3−6; Пс 105:22).
64:4 Этот стих обобщает одно из важнейших богословских положений ВЗ (43:11; Втор 4:35).
64:6 Все мы... как запачканная одежда. Народ Божий сознает свою греховность (53:6) и духовную нечистоту (Лев 13:45; Агг 2:13−14).
поблекли... уносят нас. Исаия вновь говорит о праведном суде Божием (1:30; 40:7, 24).
64:8 Отец наш. См. ком. к 63:16.
64:9 Не гневайся. В основе этого прошения лежит обетование из 54:7−8.
не вечно помни. Слова этой молитвы восходят к обетованию из 43:25.
64:10 Города святыни Твоей. Города Иудеи (ср. Пс 77:61).
64:11 Дом освящения нашего... сожжен огнем. Свидетельство разрушения иерусалимского храма в 586 г. до Р.Х.