10 (A)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.
11 (B)Our holy and beautiful[a] house,
    where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 (C)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious

10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.
12 (B)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(C)Will You [c]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
  2. Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin
  3. Isaiah 64:12 keep silent

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Read full chapter