Isaiah 64:10

Isaiah 64:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• New International Version (NIV)Your sacred cities have become a wasteland; even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Context of Isaiah 64:10

8But now, Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter, And all of us are the work of Your hand. 9Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord, Nor remember wrongdoing forever. Behold, please look, all of us are Your people. Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. 12Will You restrain Yourself at these things, Lord? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Isaiah 64:10 word by word

עָרֵ֥י קָדְשְׁךָ֖ הָי֣וּ מִדְבָּ֑ר צִיּוֹן֙ מִדְבָּ֣ר הָיָ֔תָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שְׁמָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• have becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077

Cross-references for Isaiah 64:10

• Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
• 2 Kings 25:9And he burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.
• Psalms 79:1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That once had many people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!
• Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned like an adversary, And He has killed everything that was pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.
• Lamentations 5:18Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Jackals prowl in it.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
• Daniel 12:7And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish smashing the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.
• Micah 3:12Therefore on account of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.
• Luke 21:21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;
• Revelation 11:1Then there was given to me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 64:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Thy holy cities are a wilderness - It is to be remembered that this is supposed to be spoken near the close of the exile in Babylon. In accordance with the usual custom in this book, Isaiah throws himself forward by prophetic anticipation into that future period, and describes the scene as if it were passing before his eyes (see the Introduction, Section 7). He uses language such as the exiles would use; he puts arguments into their mouths which it would…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. 10holy cities: All the cities of Judah were considered holy to God. However, the temple in the host city of Jerusalem was the most holy place.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. holy cities--No city but Jerusalem is called "the holy city" (Is 48:2; 52:1); the plural, therefore, refers to the upper and the lower parts of the same city Jerusalem [Vitringa]; or all Judea was holy to God, so its cities were deemed "holy" [Maurer]. But the parallelism favors Vitringa. Zion and Jerusalem (the one city) answering to "holy cities."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 64:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Intercession

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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