Prayer for Mercy Continued
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains might quake at your presence–
as when fire kindles brushwood
and the fire cause water to boil–
to make your name known to your adversaries,
and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
-Isaiah 64:1-2
You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
in our sins we have been a long time,
and shall we be saved?
-Isaiah 64:5
But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
-Isaiah 64:8
Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
and remember not iniquity forever.
Behold, please look, we are all your people.
-Isaiah 64:9
Judgment and Salvation
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here am I, here am I,”
to a nation that was not called by my name
-Isaiah 65:1
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices.
-Isaiah 65:2
Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants’ sake,
and not destroy them all.
-Isaiah 65:8
“But you who forsake the Lord,
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
because, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in.”
-Isaiah 65:11-12
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants he will call by another name.
So that he who blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.
-Isaiah 65:13-16
New Heavens and a New Earth
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.”
-Isaiah 65:17-18
They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be the offspring
of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
-Isaiah 65:23
Before they call I will answer;
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
-Isaiah 65:24
The Humble and Contrite in Spirit
Thus says the Lord:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.”
-Isaiah 66:1-2
“I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and bring their fears upon them,
because when I called, no on answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my eyes
and chose that in which I did not delight.”
-Isaiah 66:4
Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
and cast you out for my name’s sake
have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy;’
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
-Isaiah 66:5
Rejoice with Jerusalem
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show indignation against his enemies.
-Isaiah 66:12-14
Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord
“For behold, the Lord will come in fire,
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment,
and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.”
-Isaiah 66:15-16
“For I know their works and their thoughts,
and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues.
And they shall come and see my glory.”
-Isaiah 66:18
“For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so shall your offspring and your name remain.”
-Isaiah 66:22
“From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.”
-Isaiah 66:23
“And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies
of the men who have rebelled against me.
For their worm shall not die,
their fire shall not be quenched,
and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
-Isaiah 66:24