Isaiah 64:11

Verse

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

American Standard Version (1901)

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.

Bible in Basic English

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.

Free Bible Version

Our beautiful, holy Temple where our forefathers praised you has been burned down, and all that we treasured has been destroyed.

Geneva Bible 1599

The House of our Sanctuarie and of our glorie, where our fathers praysed thee, is burnt vp with fire and all our pleasant things are wasted.

King James (Authorized) Version

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

One Unity Resource Bible

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.

Translation for Translators

Your glorious temple on Zion Hill, where our ancestors worshiped you, has been destroyed by fire. And all our other beautiful things have been ruined.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised you, has been destroyed by fire, and all that was so dear is in ruins.

Noah Webster Bible

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

World English Bible

Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.

Young's Literal Translation

Our holy and our beautiful house, Where praise Thee did our fathers, Hath become burnt with fire, And all our desirable things have become a waste.

Context

A Prayer for God’s Power

¹⁰Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. ¹¹Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. ¹²After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Sermons

Holy Spirit 1

William MacDonald

889

Summary

This verse reflects the desolation and destruction of Jerusalem due to the sins of the people. The imagery of the holy and beautiful house being burned with fire signifies the consequences of turning away from God and His ways. It serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience and faithfulness to God to avoid such devastation. The verse conveys a message of repentance and the need for restoration through returning to God and seeking His mercy and forgiveness.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

house--the temple. beautiful--includes the idea of glorious (Mar 13:1; Act 3:2). burned-- (Psa 74:7; Lam 2:7; Ch2 36:19). Its destruction under Nebuchadnezzar prefigured that under Titus. pleasant things--Hebrew, "objects of desire"; our homes, our city, and all its dear associations.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Our holy and our beautiful house,.... Meaning the temple, the house of God, as Aben Ezra: called "holy", because dedicated to holy uses; where the holy sacrifices were offered up, the holy service of God performed; and where the holy God granted his presence, and where were the symbols of it: and "beautiful", in its building, as the first temple was that was built by Solomon; but here the second temple is meant, built by Zerubbabel, which being repaired and beautified by Herod, was a very beautiful building; and the Jews say (d), that "he who has not seen the building of Herod has never seen a beautiful building;'' or it may be rendered, "the house of our holiness, and of our glory" (e); where their holy services were performed, and which was the glory of their nation, and on which they gloried and boasted: where our fathers praised thee: with psalms and songs; the singers in the temple, as Aben Ezra; and the priests and all the people also, who, by their various services, as well as songs, gave praise and glory to God in this place; they do not mention their own services and praises, which they had been very negligent of, or not sincerely performed; but their fathers, which had been acceptable to the Lord, and therefore would bear mentioning when theirs would not: now this place, in which the glory of God and the interest of his people were concerned, is burnt up with fire; this is true, as Kimchi observes, both of the first and second temple; the first was burnt with fire by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Jer 52:13, and the second by the Romans under Titus the man emperor, as Josephus (f) relates: and all our pleasant things are laid waste; their pleasant land, and pleasant cities, and especially Jerusalem, the palaces of their princes and nobles, and all the riches and grandeur of them, the temple, and all the rich vessels and utensils in it. (d) T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 4. 1. & Succa, fol. 51. 2. (e) "domus sanctitatis nostae, et gloriae nostrae", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Forerius. (f) De Bello Judaeorum, l. 6. c. 4. sect. 2.