Isaiah 64:11 “Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been…”

Isaiah 64:11

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

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.

American Standard Version

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

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.

Darby Translation

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things 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.

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.

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Cross references

“holy”

2 Kings 25:9 Psalm 74:5–7 2 Chronicles 36:19 Jeremiah 52:13 Lamentations 2:7 Ezekiel 24:21

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.

Psalm 74:5–7 · BSB

like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

2 Chronicles 36:19 · 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.

Jeremiah 52:13 · BSB

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

Lamentations 2:7 · BSB

The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast…

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

“where”

1 Kings 8:14 1 Kings 8:56 2 Chronicles 6:4 2 Chronicles 7:3 2 Chronicles 7:6 2 Chronicles 29:25–30

1 Kings 8:14 · BSB

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

1 Kings 8:56 · BSB

“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

2 Chronicles 6:4 · BSB

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

2 Chronicles 7:3 · BSB

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good…

2 Chronicles 7:6 · BSB

The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devo…

2 Chronicles 29:25–30 · BSB

Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through…

“all our”

Lamentations 1:7 Lamentations 1:10 Lamentations 1:11

Lamentations 1:7 · BSB

In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her do…

Lamentations 1:10 · BSB

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

Lamentations 1:11 · BSB

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

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

In context

10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.

12After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

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