Be not angry, O Lord, [a]above measure, neither remember iniquity forever: Lo, we beseech thee, behold, we are all thy people.

10 [b]Thine holy cities lie waste: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert.

11 The house of our Sanctuary, and of our glory, [c]where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our pleasant things are wasted.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:9 For so the flesh judgeth when God doth not immediately send succor.
  2. Isaiah 64:10 Which were dedicated to thy service, and to call upon thy Name.
  3. Isaiah 64:11 Wherein we rejoiced and worshipped thee.

Do not be angry(A) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(B) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(C)
10 Your sacred cities(D) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(E)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(F) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(G) lies in ruins.

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