Isaiah prays through misery

 

The prophet Isaiah had a close relationship with God but agonized over his own mistakes and the corruption around him. No matter how bad things seemed, however, Isaiah acknowledged the power of the Lord God and remained faithful.

 

Isaiah 6:5 – a prayer of Isaiah from the King James Version (KJV)

 

Then said I,

Woe is me!

 

for I am undone;

because I am a man

of unclean lips,

 

and I dwell in the midst

of a people of unclean lips:

for mine eyes have seen

the King,

the Lord of hosts.

 

From the Book of KJV Prayers - actual prayers from the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) collected by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2019 

 

Isaiah 6:5 – a prayer of Isaiah in contemporary English

 

It’s no use! It’s over!

I’m doomed!

 

I’m so sinful,

even my lips are filthy,

and I live among

such foul-mouthed people!

 

And yet, somehow

my eyes have recognized

You, the King –

You, the Lord of Hosts,

You, the Commander

of Heaven’s Armies.

 

From the Book of Bible Prayers – actual prayers of the Bible collected from a variety of translations and paraphrased into everyday English by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2019

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