Isaiah 64:10 “Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland…”

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

World English Bible

Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

American Standard Version

Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine holy cities lye waste: Zion is a wildernes, and Ierusalem a desart.

Darby Translation

Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Young's Literal Translation

Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.

Bible in Basic English

Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

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Cross references

“Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.”

Isaiah 1:7 Luke 21:24 2 Kings 25:9 2 Chronicles 36:19–21 Psalm 79:1–7 Lamentations 1:1–4

Isaiah 1:7 · BSB

Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

Luke 21:24 · BSB

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

2 Kings 25:9 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

2 Chronicles 36:19–21 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Psalm 79:1–7 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Lamentations 1:1–4 · BSB

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!

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.

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