Isaiah 64:12

In view of these things, wilt thou restrain thyself. O Yahweh? Wilt thou hold thy peace and humble us so very greatly?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thee, Hath become a conflagration,—And, all our delightful places, are in ruins!

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Cross References

Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?

Psalms 79:5How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?

Psalms 83:1O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!

Isaiah 42:14I have held my peace from age-past times, I kept still, I restrained myself,—As a travailing woman, I pant, I breathe hard and gasp, all at once!

Revelation 6:10And they cried out with a loud voice, saying—How long, O Sovereign, the Holy and True, dost thou not vindicate and avenge our blood from them that 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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