Isaiah 64:11
New International Version
Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.

New Living Translation
The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.

English Standard Version
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

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

New King James Version
Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.

New American Standard Bible
Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin.

NASB 1995
Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin.

NASB 1977
Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised Thee, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin.

Legacy Standard Bible
Our holy and glorious house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a waste place.

Amplified Bible
Our holy and beautiful house [the temple built by Solomon], Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious objects are in ruins.

Christian Standard Bible
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned down, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

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

Contemporary English Version
Zion's glorious and holy temple where our ancestors praised you has been destroyed by fire. Our beautiful buildings are now a pile of ruins.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.

Good News Translation
and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins.

International Standard Version
Our holy Temple and our splendor, where our ancestors praised you, have become a conflagration of fire, and all our dearest places have become ruins.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Our holy and our beautiful house, "" Where our fathers praised You, "" Has become burned with fire, "" And all our desirable things have become a ruin.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
The house of our holy place and our glory where our fathers praised thee, was for a burning of fire, and all our precious things were for desolation.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The house of our holiness, and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire, and all our lovely things are turned into ruins.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The house of our sanctification and of our glory, where our fathers praised you, has been completely consumed by fire, and all our admirable things have been turned into ruins.

New American Bible
Our holy and glorious house in which our ancestors praised you Has been burned with fire; all that was dear to us is laid waste.

New Revised Standard Version
Our holy and beautiful house, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised thee, is consumed with fire; and all our pleasant possessions are laid waste.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The house of our holiness and our glory where our fathers praised you was for the burning of fire and all our desire has become a wilderness
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Our holy and our beautiful house, Where our fathers praised Thee, Is burned with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



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?…

Cross References
Lamentations 1:10
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 2:7
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.

2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Psalm 74:7
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Psalm 79:1
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2 Chronicles 36:19
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.

Ezekiel 7:21-22
And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them. / I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Nehemiah 1:3
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Matthew 24:2
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Mark 13:2
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

John 2:19-21
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

Acts 6:13-14
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”


Treasury of Scripture

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

holy

2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Psalm 74:5-7
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees…

where

1 Kings 8:14,56
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) …

2 Chronicles 6:4
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

2 Chronicles 7:3,6
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever…

all our

Lamentations 1:7,10,11
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths…

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Isaiah 64
1. The church prays for the illustration of God's power
4. Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions
9. It complains of their afflictions














Our holy and beautiful temple
The phrase "our holy and beautiful temple" refers to the sacred place of worship in Jerusalem, the center of Jewish religious life. The Hebrew word for "holy" is "qodesh," which signifies something set apart for God, emphasizing the temple's sanctity. "Beautiful" translates from "tiph'arah," indicating splendor and glory. Historically, the temple was not only an architectural marvel but also a symbol of God's presence among His people. Its destruction was a profound loss, representing a spiritual and cultural devastation for the Israelites.

where our fathers praised You
This phrase highlights the temple's role as a place of worship and communal gathering. The Hebrew word for "praised" is "halal," which means to boast or celebrate. The temple was where generations of Israelites came to honor God, offering sacrifices and singing psalms. This historical continuity underscores the deep connection between the people and their God, a relationship now disrupted by the temple's destruction.

has been burned with fire
The imagery of fire here is both literal and symbolic. The Hebrew word "saraph" means to burn or consume. Historically, this refers to the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 586 B.C. Fire, in biblical terms, often symbolizes judgment and purification. The burning of the temple was a divine judgment for the people's sins, yet it also held the potential for renewal and restoration, as fire refines and purifies.

and all that was dear to us
This phrase captures the emotional and spiritual loss experienced by the Israelites. The Hebrew word "machmad" translates to "desirable" or "precious," indicating the deep affection and value placed on the temple and its associated rituals. The destruction of what was dear signifies a profound sense of grief and longing for what was lost, both materially and spiritually.

lies in ruins
The final phrase, "lies in ruins," conveys a sense of desolation and hopelessness. The Hebrew "charebah" means a desolate place or ruin. This stark imagery reflects the physical state of the temple and the spiritual desolation felt by the people. Yet, within the context of Isaiah's prophecies, there is an underlying hope for restoration. The ruins are not the end but a call to repentance and renewal, pointing towards God's promise of eventual redemption and the rebuilding of His people.

(11) Our holy and our beautiful house . . .--The destruction of the Temple, which, on the assumption of Isaiah's authorship, the prophet sees in vision, with all its historic memories, comes as the climax of suffering, and, therefore, of the appeal to the compassion of Jehovah.

All our pleasant things . . .--Probably, as in 2Chronicles 36:19, the precincts, porticoes, and other "goodly buildings" of the Temple.

Verse 11. - Our holy and our beautiful house. This is the true meaning. The exiles have the tenderest and most vivid remembrance of the holiness and the beauty (or glory) of that edifice, which had formed the centre of the national life for above four centuries, and had been a marvel of richness and magnificence. Many of them had seen it with their own eyes (Ezra 3:12), and could never forget its splendours. Where our fathers praised thee. Though in the later times of the Captivity there were still some of the exiles who had seen the temple, and probably worshipped in it, yet with the great majority it was otherwise. They thought of the temple as the place where their "fathers" had worshipped. Burned up with fire (see 2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 52:13). Our pleasant things; or, our delectable things - as in Isaiah 44:9; the courts, gardens, outbuildings of the temple, are probably meant.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Our holy
קָדְשֵׁ֣נוּ (qā·ḏə·šê·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

and beautiful
וְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּ (wə·ṯip̄·’ar·tê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory

temple,
בֵּ֧ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

where
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

our fathers
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

praised You,
הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙ (hil·lū·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1984: To shine

has been
הָיָ֖ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

burned
לִשְׂרֵ֣פַת (liś·rê·p̄aṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8316: Cremation

with fire,
אֵ֑שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that was dear to us
מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ (ma·ḥă·mad·dê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 4261: Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire

lies
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in ruins.
לְחָרְבָּֽה׃ (lə·ḥā·rə·bāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin


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