The Meaning of Isaiah 64:11 Explained

Isaiah 64:11

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.

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.

Darby: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 64:11?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 64:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 64:11 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 64:11?

What is the context of Isaiah 64:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 64:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The holy temple had been burned, and all the precious things associated with Yahweh worship in it were gone. Isaiah was speaking for the Israelites who lived after the Exile had begun. Thus the Israelites were ashamed as well as ruined. Would God not do something in view of a situation that reflected so negatively on Him and His promises?

Context Summary

Isaiah 64:1-12 - A Cry For Pardon

The great past, Isaiah 64:1-5. We are introduced to the prophet's oratory and hear the outpourings of his heart. As he recalls the story of bygone days, he asks that God would do as He had done. It is as easy for God to rend the heavens as for us to tear a piece of cloth: and great mountains of difficulty dissolve before Him, as a pyramid of snow in a thaw. God works while we wait. When there is no sign of His help, He is hastening toward us. If you go out to meet Him, He will quicken His pace, and run to embrace you. These are God's ways and in them there is everlasting continuance. See Malachi 3:6.

Confession and prayer, Isaiah 64:6-12. The leper, the foul garment, the fading leaf fleeing before the autumn gusts-such emblems become us. If our righteousnesses are black, what must not our sins be! We need Him who comes not with water only, but with water and with blood. See 1 John 5:6. Perhaps our greatest sin is our prayerlessness. We do not stir ourselves up to it. God cannot refrain His mercy, if we cannot refrain our tears! [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 64

¹ The church prays for the illustration of God's power
⁴ Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions
⁹ It complains of their afflictions

What do the individual words in Isaiah 64:11 mean?

Temple Our holy and beautiful where praised You our fathers is burned up with fire and all our pleasant things are laid waste

בֵּ֧ית קָדְשֵׁ֣נוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙ אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ הָיָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵ֣פַת אֵ֑שׁ וְכָל־ מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ הָיָ֥ה לְחָרְבָּֽה

בֵּ֧ית	Temple
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
קָדְשֵׁ֣נוּ	Our holy
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural Root: קֹדֶשׁ Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וְתִפְאַרְתֵּ֗נוּ	and beautiful
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural Root: תִּפְאֶרֶת Sense: beauty, splendour, glory.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	where
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙	praised You
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural, second person masculine singular Root: הָלַל Sense: to shine.
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ	our fathers
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
לִשְׂרֵ֣פַת	burned up with
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: שְׂרֵפָה Sense: burning.
אֵ֑שׁ	fire
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: אֵשׁ Sense: fire.
וְכָל־	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ	our pleasant things
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural Root: מַחְמָד Sense: desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing.
הָיָ֥ה	are laid
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְחָרְבָּֽה	waste
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: חָרְבָּה Sense: a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation.

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