Text -- Isaiah 64:9-12 (NET)

64:9 Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 64:10 Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. 64:11 Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. 64:12 In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 64:9

¹ tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”

² tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”

NET Notes: Isa 64:10

¹ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Isa 64:11

¹ tn Heb “our source of pride.”

² tn Or “all that we valued has become a ruin.”

NET Notes: Isa 64:12

¹ tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”