Isaiah 64:9
Do not be furious, Lord, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
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In Context
10Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Cross References
2 Kings 25:9He burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
Psalms 38:1A Psalm by David, for a memorial.Lord, do not rebuke me in your wrath,neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Psalms 79:5How long, Lord?Will you be angry forever?Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,will give you thanks forever.We will praise you forever, to all generations.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 60:10"Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy 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 →