Isaiah 64:9
Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.
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10The city of your sanctuary has become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is desolate.
Cross References
2 Kings 25:9And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.
Psalms 38:1Unto the end. For Jeduthun himself. A Canticle of David.
Psalms 79:5O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
Psalms 79:13So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?
Isaiah 43:25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 60:10And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:7-12
Humble Confession. ( b. c. 706.) 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lord , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very… Read the whole commentary →