God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 64:11
11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.
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
9Don’t be too angry, Lord. Don’t remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people. 10Your holy cities have become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined. 12Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back? Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?
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 down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19They burned God’s temple, tore down Jerusalem’s walls, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed everything of value.
- Psalms 74:5Starting from its entrance, they hacked away like a woodcutter in a forest.
- Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He handed the walls of Zion’s palaces over to its enemies. The enemies made noise in the Lord’s temple as though it were a festival day.
- Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewels and used them to make disgusting and detestable statues ⌞of false gods⌟. That is why I will make their jewels disgusting.
- Ezekiel 24:21‘Tell the nation of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to dishonor my holy place. You brag that my holy place gives you strength. It’s the thing you love the most. It’s your hearts’ desire. So the sons and daughters that you left behind will die in battle.
- Matthew 24:2Jesus said to them, “You see all these buildings, don’t you? I can guarantee this truth: Not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down.”
- 1 Kings 8:14Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel while they were standing.
- 2 Chronicles 6:4“Thanks be to the Lord God of Israel. With his mouth he made a promise to my father David; with his hand he carried it out. He said,
- 2 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s glory on the temple, they knelt down with their faces on the pavement. They worshiped and praised the Lord, ⌞by saying,⌟ “He is good; his mercy endures forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:25He had the Levites stand in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres as David, the king’s seer Gad, and the prophet Nathan had ordered. This command came from the Lord through his prophets.
- Lamentations 1:7“Now, during its suffering and oppression, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures it had from ancient times, when its people fell into the power of their enemies with no one to help them. Their opponents looked on, and they laughed at Jerusalem’s 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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