Isaiah 64 · Verse 11

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah 64:11, King James Version

Isaiah 64:11 in other translations

BSBOur holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
WEBOur holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.
ASVOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
YLTOur 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.
DARBYOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.
BBEOur holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
WebsterOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

What does Isaiah 64:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. house--the temple. beautiful--includes the idea of glorious (Mr 13:1; Ac 3:2). burned--(Psa 74:7; La 2:7; 2Ch 36:19). Its destruction under Nebuchadnezzar prefigured that under Titus. pleasant things--Hebrew, "objects of desire"; our homes, our city, and all its dear associations.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 64:6-12

The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, owning themselves unworthy of his mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Our deeds, whatever they may seem to be, if we think to merit by them at God's hand, are as rags, and will not cover us; filthy rags, and will but defile us. Even our few good works in which there is real excellence, as fruits of the Spirit, are so defective and…

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Isaiah 64:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֵּ֧יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
קָדְשֵׁ֣נוּka.de.She.nuholiness ourH6944
וְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּve.tif.'ar.Te.nuand splendor ourH8597
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhereH834
הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙hi.Lu.khathey praised youH1984
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
הָיָ֖הha.Yahit has becomeH1961
לִשְׂרֵ֣פַתlis.Re.fat<into> a burning ofH8316
אֵ֑שׁ'EshfireH784
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּma.cha.ma.Dei.nupleasant things ourH4261
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit has becomeH1961
לְחָרְבָּֽה\׃le.cha.re.Bah<into> a ruinH2723

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 64:11

  • 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.

  • Psalms 74:5-7

    A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

  • Lamentations 1:7

    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.

  • 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.

  • Lamentations 1:10-11

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.

  • Jeremiah 52:13

    And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • Ezekiel 24:21

    Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:6

    And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

  • 1 Kings 8:56

    Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

  • 1 Kings 8:14

    And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

  • 2 Chronicles 7:3

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
holy.
2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 74:5-7; Jer 52:13; La 2:7; Eze 7:20,21
Eze 24:21,25; Mt 24:2
where.
1Ki 8:14,56; 2Ch 6:4; 7:3,6; 29:25-30
all our.
La 1:7,10,11

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Context

  • Isaiah 64:10

    Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

  • Isaiah 64:11

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

  • Isaiah 64:12

    Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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Isaiah 64:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La casa de nuestro santuario y de nuestra gloria, en la cual te alabaron nuestros padres, fué consumida al fuego; y todas nuestras cosas preciosas han sido destruídas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Te retiendras-tu, Éternel, à la vue de ces choses? Te tairas-tu, et nous affligeras-tu extrêmement?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Unser heiliges und herrliches Haus, worin unsere Väter dich lobten, ist mit Feuer verbrannt, und alle unsere Kostbarkeiten sind verheert.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Domus sanctificationis nostræ et gloriæ nostræ, ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri, facta est in exustionem ignis, et omnia desiderabilia nostra versa sunt in ruinas.