Isaiah 64:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ Your sacred cities have become a desert.
    Even Zion is a desert.
    Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.
¹¹ Our people of long ago used to praise you in our holy and glorious temple.
    But now it has been burned down.
    Everything we treasured has been destroyed.
¹² Lord, won’t you help us even after everything that’s happened?
    Will you keep silent and punish us more than we can stand?