10 [a]Thine holy cities lie waste: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert.

11 The house of our Sanctuary, and of our glory, [b]where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our pleasant things are wasted.

12 Wilt thou hold thyself still [c]at these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict us above measure?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:10 Which were dedicated to thy service, and to call upon thy Name.
  2. Isaiah 64:11 Wherein we rejoiced and worshipped thee.
  3. Isaiah 64:12 That is, at the contempt of thine own glory? though our sins have deserved this, yet thou wilt not suffer thy glory thus to be diminished.

10 Your sacred cities(A) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(B)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(C) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(D) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(E)
    Will you keep silent(F) and punish us beyond measure?

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