Isaías 64:8-12 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

As we have the Lamentations of Jeremiah, so here we have the Lamentations of Isaiah; the subject of both is the same?the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans and the sin of Israel that brought that destruction?only with this difference, Isaiah sees it at a distance and laments it by the Spirit of prophecy, Jeremiah saw it accomplished. In these verses, I. The people of God in their affliction confess and bewail their sins, thereby justifying God in their afflictions, owning themselves... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, thou art our father ,.... Notwithstanding all that we have done against thee, and thou hast done to us, the relation of a father continues; thou art our Father by creation and adoption; as he was in a particular manner to the Jews, to whom belonged the adoption; and therefore this relation is pleaded, that mercy might be shown them; and so the Targum, "and thou, Lord, thy mercies towards us "are" many (or let them be many) as a father towards "his" children.' We are the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:9

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord ,.... They knew not how to deprecate the displeasure of God entirely; having sinned so greatly against him, they were sensible they deserved his wrath; but entreat it might not be hot and very vehement, and carried to the highest pitch, which would be intolerable: neither remember iniquity for ever ; to afflict and punish for it, but forgive it, for not to remember sin is to forgive it; and not inflict the deserved punishment of it, but take off and remove... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities are a wilderness ,.... Meaning either Zion, the city of David, and Jerusalem; the one called the upper, the other the lower city; now uninhabited, and a mere wilderness: or else the other cities of Judea, in which were formerly synagogues for religious service, and in which dwelt many godly families where the worship of God was kept up; but now a desert, at least quite devoid of true religion and godliness. Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation ; which are either... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:11

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:12

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord ?.... From delivering us out of our troubles and miseries, and taking vengeance on our enemies, and showing thy zeal for thine own glory; or, as Kimchi paraphrases it, "how canst thou contain thyself for these things, and not have mercy?' how canst thou bear to see Judea, and all its cities, a wilderness; Jerusalem, and the temple of it, in ruins? wilt thou hold thy peace? or, "be silent"; and not plead thine own cause, and the cause... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

But, now, O Lord, thou art our Father "But thou, O Jehovah, thou art our Father" - For ועתה veattah , and now, five MSS., one of them ancient, and the two oldest editions, 1486 and 1488, have ואתה veattah , and thou, and so the Chaldee seems to have read. The repetition has great force. The other word may be well spared. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father." How very affectionate is the complaint in this and the following verses! But how does the distress increase, when they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:9

Neither remember iniquity - For תזכר לעד laad tizcor , one of my MSS. has תקצף לעד laad tiktsoph , "be not angry," as in the preceding clause. This has been partially obliterated, and תזכר tizcor , written in the margin by a later hand: but this MS. abounds with words of this kind, all altered by later hands. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

ISRAEL 'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED . Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with favour ( Isaiah 63:15 ), Israel now asks for a theophany, or manifestation of the Divine Presence, such as they have experienced in the times of old, and such as shall suffice to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies ( Isaiah 64:1-4 ). With profound humility confessing their manifold and grievous iniquities, they beseech God once more, as their Father and Maker,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

The cry of humiliation and of hope. I. THE CONFESSION . "Woe are we, for we are unclean!" Like the leper, dwelling alone without the camp (Le 13:44-46), so is the people; as he is cut off from the society of men, so they from the converse of God; or as something ceremonially polluted and defiled (Le Isaiah 5:2 ; Deuteronomy 14:19 ), or morally defiled ( Job 14:4 ). The language carries a feeling of intense abhorrence. Under another figure, their penal offences have "carried... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

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