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Isaiah 64:11
11Our holy and beautiful house [the temple built by Solomon], Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious objects are in ruins.
Isaiah 64:11 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Context of Isaiah 64:11
9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever. Now look, consider, for we are all Your people. 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful house [the temple built by Solomon], Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious objects are in ruins. 12Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not help us]? Will You keep silent and humiliate and oppress us beyond measure?
Read all of Isaiah 64Isaiah 64:11 word by word
בֵּ֧ית קָדְשֵׁ֣נוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙ אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ הָיָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵ֣פַת אֵ֑שׁ וְכָל־מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ הָיָ֥ה לְחָרְבָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Our holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- and our beautifulתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- where our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- praisedהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
- thee, is burned upשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
- with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and all our pleasant thingsמַחְמָדmachmâd · desireH4261
- are laid wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
Cross-references for Isaiah 64:11
- 2 Kings 25:9He burned the house (temple) of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19Then they burned the house of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.
- Psalms 74:5It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].
- Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the Lord and the king’s palace and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house or important structure he set on fire.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary. He has given into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces; They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on a day of an appointed feast.
- Ezekiel 7:20As for the beauty of [gold for] ornaments, they turned it to pride and from it made the images of their repulsive things (idols) and of their vile things. Therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them.
- Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind [in Jerusalem] will fall by the sword.
- Matthew 24:2And He said to them, “Do you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down.”
- 1 Kings 8:14Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
- 2 Chronicles 6:4And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled with His hands what He promised, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 7:3When all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and saw the glory and brilliance of the Lord upon the house, they bowed down on the stone pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, in accordance with the command of David [his ancestor] and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets.
- Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That she had from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, And no one helped her, The enemy saw her, They mocked at her downfall.
Commentaries on Isaiah 64:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Our holy and our beautiful house - The temple. It was called holy,‘ because it was dedicated to the service of God; and beautiful,‘ on account of its extraordinary magnificence. The original word more properly means glorious. Where our fathers praised thee - Few attachments become stronger than that which is formed for a place of worship where our ancestors have long been engaged in the service of God. It was now a great aggravation of their sufferings…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, owning themselves unworthy of his mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Our deeds, whatever they may seem to be, if we think to merit by them at God's hand, are as rags, and will not cover us; filthy rags, and will but defile us. Even our few good works in which there is real excellence, as fruits of the Spirit, are so defective and defiled as done by us, that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. house--the temple. beautiful--includes the idea of glorious (Mr 13:1; Ac 3:2). burned--(Psa 74:7; La 2:7; 2Ch 36:19). Its destruction under Nebuchadnezzar prefigured that under Titus. pleasant things--Hebrew, "objects of desire"; our homes, our city, and all its dear associations.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 64
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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