Isaiah 64:9
Be not angry very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we plead to you, we are all your people.
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10Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Cross References
2 Kings 25:9And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
Psalms 38:1O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Psalms 79:5How long, LORD? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 79:13So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks for ever: we will show forth your praise to all generations.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 60:10And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I stroke you, but in my favour 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 →