Isaiah 64:12
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
11 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.
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
- KJV
- Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- WEB
- Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
- ASV
- Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- DARBY
- Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- BLB
- At these will You restrain Yourself, O YHWH? Will You keep silent, and afflict us beyond measure?
- ÅB
- Vil du tross dette holde deg tilbake, Herre? Vil du tie og trykke oss så tungt?
- OTB
- Vil du holde tilbake ved disse tingene, Herre? Vil du forbli taus og la oss lide overmåte?
- B1930
- Vil du tross dette holde dig tilbake, Herre? Vil du tie og trykke oss så tungt?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
Read in contextPsalms 74:10–11
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Read in contextPsalms 83:1
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Read in contextZechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
Read in contextPsalms 74:18–19
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Read in contextPsalms 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Read in contextPsalms 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Read in contextRevelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
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