Isaiah 64:12 “After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep sile…”

Isaiah 64:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

World English Bible

Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?

American Standard Version

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wilt thou holde thy selfe still at these things, O Lord? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?

Darby Translation

Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Young's Literal Translation

For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'

Bible in Basic English

In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?

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Cross references

“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?”

Isaiah 42:14 Psalm 83:1 Zechariah 1:12 Psalm 10:1 Psalm 79:5 Psalm 89:46–51

Isaiah 42:14 · BSB

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Psalm 83:1 · BSB

O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Zechariah 1:12 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

Psalm 10:1 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 79:5 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 89:46–51 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

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

In context

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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