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Lord, do not be too angry!
Do not hold our sins against us continually.[a]
Take a good look at your people, at all of us.[b]
10 Your chosen[c] cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem, a desolate ruin.
11 Our holy temple, our pride and joy,[d]
the place where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire;
all our prized possessions have been destroyed.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:9 tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”
  2. Isaiah 64:9 tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”
  3. Isaiah 64:10 tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”
  4. Isaiah 64:11 tn Heb “our source of pride.”
  5. Isaiah 64:11 tn Or “all that we valued has become a ruin.”