Isaiah 64:11
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
- KJV
- Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
- WEB
- Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.
- ASV
- Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
- DARBY
- Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.
- BLB
- And our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire; and all our desirable things are laid waste.
- ÅB
- Vårt hellige og herlige hus, hvor våre fedre lovet deg, er blitt brent opp av ild, og alt som var vår lyst, er blitt til ruiner.
- OTB
- Vårt hellige og vakre tempel, hvor våre forfedre priste deg, har blitt brent med ild, og alle våre kostbare ting har blitt en ruin.
- B1930
- Vårt hellige og herlige hus, hvor våre fedre lovet dig, er blitt opbrent av ild, og alt som var vår lyst, er blitt til ruiner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
Read in contextPsalms 74:5–7
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Read in contextLamentations 1:7
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Read in contextLamentations 1:10–11
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
Read in contextLamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Read in contextEzekiel 24:21
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
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