Isaiah 64

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1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence , 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lord , thou art our father ; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 ¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord , neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people . 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste . 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord ? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? D&C 133:40 . Rev. 16:20 (17–21) ; D&C 133:22, 40 (40–47) . TG God, Presence of . D&C 34:8 . Ex. 34:10 . Micah 1:4 . 1 Cor. 2:9 ; D&C 76:10 . D&C 133:45 . TG Reward . TG Uncleanness . TG Filthiness . Isa. 54:8 . Deut. 32:6 ; 1 Chr. 29:10 ; Isa. 63:16 ; Mosiah 15:2 (1–4) ; Alma 11:39 (38–40) . Ps. 138:8 ; Isa. 29:16 ; 45:9 ; 60:21 . TG Creation . Ps. 79:13 . TG Beauty . 2 Kgs. 25:9 . Isa. 63:18 . Isa. 42:14 .