New American Standard Bible 2020

Isaiah 64:6-12

6For allכֻּלָּ֔נוּku.La.nuH3605of us have becomeוַנְּהִ֤יva.ne.HiH1961like one who isuncleanכַטָּמֵא֙kha.ta.Me'H2931,And allכָּל־kol-H3605ourrighteousH6666deedsH6666are like a filthyH5713garmentוּכְבֶ֥גֶדu.khe.Ve.gedH899;And allכֻּלָּ֔נוּku.La.nuH3605of uswitherוַנָּ֤בֶלva.Na.velH5034like a leafכֶּֽעָלֶה֙ke.'a.LehH5929, And ourwrongdoingsH5771,like the windכָּר֥וּחַka.Ru.achH7307,takeיִשָּׂאֻֽנוּ׃yi.sa.'U.nuH5375us away.

7ThereH369isH369noH369oneH369who callsקוֹרֵ֣אko.Re'H7121on Your nameבְשִׁמְךָ֔ve.shim.KhaH8034,Who stirsמִתְעוֹרֵ֖רmit.'o.RerH5782himself to takeלְהַחֲזִ֣יקle.ha.cha.ZikH2388holdH2388of You; For You havehiddenהִסְתַּ֤רְתָּhis.Tar.taH5641Your faceפָנֶ֙יךָ֙fa.Nei.khaH6440from us And havesurrenderedH4042us to the powerH3027of our wrongdoingsעֲוֹנֵֽנוּ׃'a.vo.Ne.nuH5771.

8But nowוְעַתָּ֥הve.'a.TahH6258, LordH3068,You are our Fatherאָבִ֣ינוּ'a.Vi.nuH1; We are theclayהַחֹ֙מֶר֙ha.Cho.merH2563,and You our potterיֹצְרֵ֔נוּyo.tze.Re.nuH3335,And allH3605of us are theworkוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.ma.'a.SehH4639of Your handיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027.

9Do not beH7107angryתִּקְצֹ֤ףtik.TzofH7107beyondעַד־'ad-H5704measureמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966, Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,NorH408rememberתִּזְכֹּ֣רtiz.KorH2142wrongdoingעָוֹ֑ן'a.VonH5771foreverלָעַ֖דla.'AdH5703.Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005,pleaseנָ֖אna'H4994lookהַבֶּט־ha.bet-H5027,allכֻלָּֽנוּ׃khu.La.nuH3605of us areYour peopleעַמְּךָ֥'a.me.KhaH5971.

10YourholyH6944citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892have becomeH1961awildernessמִדְבָּ֑רmid.BarH4057,Zionצִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnH6726has becomeH1961a wildernessמִדְבָּ֣רmid.BarH4057,Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389a desolationשְׁמָמָֽה׃she.ma.MahH8077.

11Our holyקָדְשֵׁ֣נוּka.de.She.nuH6944and beautifulוְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּve.tif.'ar.Te.nuH8597houseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004,Whereאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1praisedהִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙hi.Lu.khaH1984You,Has beenהָיָ֖הha.YahH1961burnedלִשְׂרֵ֣פַתlis.Re.fatH8316byfireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784; Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605our preciousH4261thingsמַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּma.cha.ma.Dei.nuH4261have becomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961a ruinלְחָרְבָּֽה׃le.cha.re.BahH2723.

12Will Yourestrainתִתְאַפַּ֖קtit.'a.PakH662Yourself at theseH428thingsאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428, Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068?Will You keepH2814silentתֶּחֱשֶׁ֥הte.che.ShehH2814and afflictוּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּu.te.'a.Ne.nuH6031us beyondעַד־'ad-H5704measureמְאֹֽד׃ סme.'OdH3966?

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