Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Isaiah 64
⁶ But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
⁷ And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.
⁸ But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
⁹ Do not be furious, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look--we all are Your people!
¹⁰ Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
¹¹ Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
¹² Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
Isaiah 65
¹ "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ’Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name.
² I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts;
³ A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick;
⁴ Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;