English Standard Version
Isaiah 64:11
11Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
Context of Isaiah 64:11
9Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, 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, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. 12Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
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 25:9And he burned the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels.
- Psalms 74:5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.
- Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord as on the day of festival.
- Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.
- Ezekiel 24:21'Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
- Matthew 24:2But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."
- 1 Kings 8:14Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 6:4And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 7:3When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever."
- 2 Chronicles 29:25And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.
- Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, her foes gloated over 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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