Isaiah 64:11

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 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

9Do not be furious, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look—we all are Your people! 10Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?

Isaiah 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 of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.
• Psalms 74:5They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
• Lamentations 2:7The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of a set feast.
• Ezekiel 7:20‘As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But they made from it The images of their abominations— Their detestable things; Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
• Matthew 24:2And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
• 1 Kings 8:14Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
• 2 Chronicles 6:4And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 7:3When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 29:25And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of the Lord by His prophets.
• Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and roaming, Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things That she had in the days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, With no one to help her, The adversaries saw her And 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

Topics related to Isaiah 64:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Intercession
• Temple

In the dictionaries

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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