Isaiah 64:9
Be not very wroth, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Webster Bible
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In Context
10Thy 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 he burnt with fire.
Psalms 38:1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 79:5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 79:13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah 60:10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
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 →