Isaiah 64:1-12; 65:1-16, NIV
Map highlights:..all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we are shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away….vs 6; ..you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.
We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD; do not remember our sins for ever-vs 8.
Chapter 65…obstinate people…continually provoke me to my very face…offering sacrifices in gardens .. who eat the flesh of pigs, whose pots hold broth of unclean meat. .vs 3-5. I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;…your sins and the sins of your fathers….I spoke but you did not listen. vs 12. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me vs 12; point of difference between God’s servants and those that are not vs 13-16.