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b'We hold a few things in tension with this passage: the beauty of the poetry, the devastation of their situation; our identification with suffering, our disagreement with who is \\u201cat fault\\u201d here. We dive into it all!\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nShow Notes\\nIn this episode, we talk about\\u2026\\n\\nparallels between the ancient Hebrew community and the modern queer community\\u2026 both of which are small and vulnerable\\nholy queer magic!\\nthe feeling that God has abandoned us (and what to do with that)\\nqueer people are part of the story of faith that has been told for millennia\\nhow this passage has been used to tell people that they are wretched and awful\\nhow this passage has been used to remove people from their agency\\nyou have talents, gifts, and skills that you need to use!\\nthe temptation for oppressed and marginalized to turn inward and ask \\u201cWhat did we do wrong to deserve this?\\u201d (and why that\\u2019s so dangerous)\\nwhere God is in the midst of all this\\n\\nIsaiah 64:1-9\\nIf only you would tear open the heavens and come down!\\nMountains would quake before you\\nlike fire igniting brushwood or making water boil.\\nIf you would make your name known to your enemies,\\nthe nations would tremble in your presence.\\nWhen you accomplished wonders beyond all our expectations;\\nwhen you came down, mountains quaked before you.\\nFrom ancient times,\\nno one has heard,\\nno ear has perceived,\\nno eye has seen any god but you\\nwho acts on behalf of those who wait for him!\\nYou look after those who gladly do right;\\nthey will praise you for your ways.\\nBut you were angry when we sinned;\\nyou hid yourself when we did wrong.\\nWe have all become like the unclean;\\nall our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag.\\nAll of us wither like a leaf;\\nour sins, like the wind, carry us away.\\nNo one calls on your name;\\nno one bothers to hold on to you,\\nfor you have hidden yourself from us,\\nand have handed us over to our sin.\\nBut now, Lord, you are our father.\\nWe are the clay, and you are our potter.\\nAll of us are the work of your hand.\\nDon\\u2019t rage so fiercely, Lord;\\ndon\\u2019t hold our sins against us forever,\\nbut gaze now on your people, all of us:\\nPhoto by -Reji\\nThe post Your oppression is not your fault \\u2013 Isaiah 64:1-9 appeared first on Queer Theology.'