New English Translation
Isaiah 64:12
12In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
Isaiah 64:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- New International Version (NIV)After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
Context of Isaiah 64:12
10Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. 11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
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הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה תִתְאַפַּ֖ק יְהוָ֑ה תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ סRead the interlinear
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Commentaries on Isaiah 64:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Wilt thou refrain thyself - Wilt thou refuse to come to our aid? Wilt thou decline to visit us, and save us from our calamities? Wilt thou hold thy peace - Wilt thou not speak for our rescue, and command us to be delivered? Thus closes this chapter of great tenderness and beauty. It is a model of affectionate and earnest entreaty for the divine interposition in the day of calamity. With such tender and affectionate earnestness may we learn to plead with…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. 1212. for these things--Wilt Thou, notwithstanding these calamities of Thy people, still refuse Thy aid (Is 42:14)?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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