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Isaiah ("YHWH is salvation") prophesied c. 740-680 BC in Jerusalem, during the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. His book has been called "the Fifth Gospel" for the density and precision of its messianic prophecy — Isaiah 53 alone contains ~12 identifiable prophecies fulfilled in Jesus' trial, crucifixion, and burial.
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- Primary Witness Text: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, ...
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Isaiah ("YHWH is salvation") prophesied c. 740-680 BC in Jerusalem, during the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. His book has been called "the Fifth Gospel" for the density and precision of its messianic prophecy — Isaiah 53 alone contains ~12 identifiable prophecies fulfilled in Jesus' trial, crucifixion, and burial.
The Book of Isaiah is preserved in full in the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa-a) from the Dead Sea Scrolls (c. 125 BC) — confirming the text predates the Christian era by well over a century. The unity of Isaiah (against the "Deutero-Isaiah" hypothesis) is supported by: NT citations treating the whole book as one source, the DSS scroll showing no scribal break between chapters 39-40, and the internal coherence of servant theology from ch. 40-66 with chapters 1-39.
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Isaiah 64:1
Hebrew
כִּקְדֹחַ אֵשׁ הֲמָסִים מַיִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵשׁ לְהוֹדִיעַ שִׁמְךָ לְצָרֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ גּוֹיִם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃khiqedocha-'esh-hamasiym-mayim-tive'eh-'esh-lehvodiy'a-shimekha-letzareykha-mifaneykha-gvoyim-yiregazv
KJV: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
AKJV: Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence,
ASV: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
YLT: Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
Exposition: Isaiah 64:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:2
Hebrew
בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ נוֹרָאוֹת לֹא נְקַוֶּה יָרַדְתָּ מִפָּנֶיךָ הָרִים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃va'ashvotekha-nvora'vot-lo'-neqaveh-yaradeta-mifaneykha-hariym-nazolv
KJV: As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
AKJV: As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
ASV: as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
YLT: (As fire kindleth stubble--Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:2
Isaiah 64:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:2
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- Isaiah 64:2
Exposition: Isaiah 64:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:3
Hebrew
וּמֵעוֹלָם לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ לֹא הֶאֱזִינוּ עַיִן לֹֽא־רָאָתָה אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתְךָ יַעֲשֶׂה לִמְחַכֵּה־לֽוֹ׃vme'volam-lo'-shame'v-lo'-he'eziynv-'ayin-lo'-ra'atah-'elohiym-zvlatekha-ya'asheh-limechakheh-lvo
KJV: When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
AKJV: When you did terrible things which we looked not for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence.
ASV: When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
YLT: In Thy doing fearful things--we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:3
Isaiah 64:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:3
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- Isaiah 64:3
Exposition: Isaiah 64:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:4
Hebrew
פָּגַעְתָּ אֶת־שָׂשׂ וְעֹשֵׂה צֶדֶק בִּדְרָכֶיךָ יִזְכְּרוּךָ הֵן־אַתָּה קָצַפְתָּ וַֽנֶּחֱטָא בָּהֶם עוֹלָם וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃faga'eta-'et-shash-ve'osheh-tzedeq-viderakheykha-yizekhervkha-hen-'atah-qatzafeta-vanecheta'-vahem-'volam-venivashe'a
KJV: For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
AKJV: For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.
ASV: For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.
YLT: Even from antiquity men have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:4
Isaiah 64:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:4
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- Isaiah 64:4
Exposition: Isaiah 64:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:5
Hebrew
וַנְּהִי כַטָּמֵא כֻּלָּנוּ וּכְבֶגֶד עִדִּים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵינוּ וַנָּבֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה כֻּלָּנוּ וַעֲוֺנֵנוּ כָּרוּחַ יִשָּׂאֻֽנוּ׃vanehiy-khatame'-khulanv-vkheveged-'idiym-khal-tzideqoteynv-vanavel-khe'aleh-khulanv-va'avnenv-kharvcha-yisha'unv
KJV: Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
AKJV: You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
ASV: Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?
YLT: Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them is continuance, and we are saved.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:5
Isaiah 64:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Isaiah 64:5
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- Isaiah 64:5
Exposition: Isaiah 64:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:6
Hebrew
וְאֵין־קוֹרֵא בְשִׁמְךָ מִתְעוֹרֵר לְהַחֲזִיק בָּךְ כִּֽי־הִסְתַּרְתָּ פָנֶיךָ מִמֶּנּוּ וַתְּמוּגֵנוּ בְּיַד־עֲוֺנֵֽנוּ׃ve'eyn-qvore'-veshimekha-mite'vorer-lehachaziyq-vakhe-khiy-hisetareta-faneykha-mimenv-vatemvgenv-veyad-'avnenv
KJV: But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
AKJV: But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
ASV: For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
YLT: And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:6
Isaiah 64:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:6
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- Isaiah 64:6
Exposition: Isaiah 64:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:7
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אָבִינוּ אָתָּה אֲנַחְנוּ הַחֹמֶר וְאַתָּה יֹצְרֵנוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃ve'atah-yehvah-'aviynv-'atah-'anachenv-hachomer-ve'atah-yotzerenv-vma'asheh-yadekha-khulanv
KJV: And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
AKJV: And there is none that calls on your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
ASV: And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
YLT: And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:7
Isaiah 64:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Isaiah 64:7
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- Isaiah 64:7
Exposition: Isaiah 64:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:8
Hebrew
אַל־תִּקְצֹף יְהוָה עַד־מְאֹד וְאַל־לָעַד תִּזְכֹּר עָוֺן הֵן הַבֶּט־נָא עַמְּךָ כֻלָּֽנוּ׃'al-tiqetzof-yehvah-'ad-me'od-ve'al-la'ad-tizekhor-'avn-hen-havet-na'-'amekha-khulanv
KJV: But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
AKJV: But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. ¶
ASV: But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
YLT: And now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand--all of us.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:8
Isaiah 64:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Isaiah 64:8
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- Isaiah 64:8
Exposition: Isaiah 64:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:9
Hebrew
עָרֵי קָדְשְׁךָ הָיוּ מִדְבָּר צִיּוֹן מִדְבָּר הָיָתָה יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם שְׁמָמָֽה׃'arey-qadeshekha-hayv-midevar-tziyvon-midevar-hayatah-yervshalaim-shemamah
KJV: Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
AKJV: Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people.
ASV: Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
YLT: Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people are we all.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:9Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:9
Isaiah 64:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Isaiah 64:9
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- Isaiah 64:9
Exposition: Isaiah 64:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:10
Hebrew
בֵּית קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הִֽלְלוּךָ אֲבֹתֵינוּ הָיָה לִשְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁ וְכָל־מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ הָיָה לְחָרְבָּֽה׃veyt-qadeshenv-vetife'aretenv-'asher-hilelvkha-'avoteynv-hayah-lisherefat-'esh-vekhal-machamadeynv-hayah-lecharevah
KJV: Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
AKJV: Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
ASV: Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
YLT: Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:10
Isaiah 64:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:10
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- Isaiah 64:10
Exposition: Isaiah 64:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:11
Hebrew
הַעַל־אֵלֶּה תִתְאַפַּק יְהוָה תֶּחֱשֶׁה וּתְעַנֵּנוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ha'al-'eleh-tite'afaq-yehvah-techesheh-vte'anenv-'ad-me'od
KJV: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
AKJV: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
ASV: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
YLT: 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.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:11
Isaiah 64:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Isaiah 64:11
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- Isaiah 64:11
Exposition: Isaiah 64:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Isaiah 64:12
KJV: Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
AKJV: Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?
ASV: Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
YLT: For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Isaiah 64:12Generated editorial synthesis
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Isaiah 64:12
Isaiah 64:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Isaiah 64:12
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- Isaiah 64:12
Exposition: Isaiah 64:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Isaiah 64:1
- Isaiah 64:2
- Isaiah 64:3
- Isaiah 64:4
- Isaiah 64:5
- Isaiah 64:6
- Isaiah 64:7
- Isaiah 64:8
- Isaiah 64:9
- Isaiah 64:10
- Isaiah 64:11
- Isaiah 64:12
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Isaiah 64:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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