Isaiah 64:9

Please limit your anger, Lord, and don't remember our sins forever. Look at us, and see that we are all your people.

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In The King James Version

Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

In Context

8But you, Lord, are our Father. We're the clay, you're the potter. You made us all with your own hands.

10Your holy cities have been turned into a wilderness; Zion has become a desert; yes, even Jerusalem is an abandoned ruin.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.

Psalms 38:1Lord, please don't condemn me because you're angry with me; don't punish me because you're furious with me!

Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?

Psalms 79:13Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will praise you forever. We will thank you for all generations to come.

Isaiah 43:25I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.

Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will work for you. Even though I did hit you when I was angry with you, now I will be kind and merciful to 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 →

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