Isaiah 64:12

Will you hold yourself back for these things, Adonai? 2 Will you keep silent, and punish us very severely?

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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 our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, 2 is burned with fire; 2 and all our pleasant places are laid waste. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 74:10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? 2 Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? 1

Psalms 79:5How long, Adonai? 2 Will you be angry forever? 2 Will your jealousy burn like fire? 1

Psalms 83:1God, don’t keep silent. 2 Don’t keep silent, 2 and don’t be still, God. 1

Isaiah 42:14“I have been silent a long time. 2 I have been quiet and restrained myself. 2 Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant. 1

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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