64:10 Your chosen 1 cities have become a desert;
Zion has become a desert,
Jerusalem 2 is a desolate ruin.
64:11 Our holy temple, our pride and joy, 3
the place where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire;
all our prized possessions have been destroyed. 4
64:12 In light of all this, 5 how can you still hold back, Lord?
How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
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.
3 tn Heb “our source of pride.”
4 tn Or “all that we valued has become a ruin.”
5 tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”