Isaiah 64:12

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

In Context

11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

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Cross References

Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Isaiah 42:14“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

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 →

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