Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
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Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
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Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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(64-11) Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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Passages linked to Isaiah 64:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 42:14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
- Psalms 74:10-11 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!
- Psalms 74:18-19 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name. Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
- Psalms 83:1 God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
- Zechariah 1:12 Then Yahweh’s angel replied, “O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”
- Psalms 10:1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 79:5 How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 80:3-4 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. Yahweh God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
- Psalms 89:46-51 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men! What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
- Revelation 6:10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, at the contempt of thine own glory?…
That is, at the contempt of thine own glory? though our sins have deserved this, yet thou wilt not suffer thy glory thus to be diminished.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things],…
Isa 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Ver. 12. Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things?] Or, Canst thou contain thyself at these things? No, he cannot; witness his answer hereunto. {Isa 65:1} The obstinate Jews do in vain still recite these words in their synagogues, as Jerome here noteth.
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Wilt thou hold thy peace?] And by thy silence seem to consent to the enemy’s outrages and our calamities? Habet acrimoniam, saith Hyperius. There is some sharpness in these short questions; and yet because they were full of faith and fervency, they were highly accepted in heaven.
And afflict us very sore?] Heb., Usque valde? Unto very much, or unto extremity.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, viz. that…
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, viz. that are done by the Babylonians? do none of these things move thee to take vengeance on them?
Wilt thou hold thy peace; wilt thou be as one that regards not? Wilt thou be still, and suffer them?
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And afflict us very sore: see Isa 64:9; for these our sins, or for these our sufferings; shall we feel the smart of it, that have done no such things, but have been sufferers under the Babylonians? to which God answers in the next chapter.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord?....…
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord?.... From delivering us out of our troubles and miseries, and taking vengeance on our enemies, and showing thy zeal for thine own glory; or, as Kimchi paraphrases it,
"how canst thou contain thyself for these things, and not have mercy?''
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how canst thou bear to see Judea, and all its cities, a wilderness; Jerusalem, and the temple of it, in ruins?
wilt thou hold thy peace? or, "be silent"; and not plead thine own cause, and the cause of thy people?
and afflict us very sore? exceedingly, even to extremity; or for ever, as the Targum, thinking it long, as well as heavy. Jerom observes, that the Jews say these words in their synagogues every day; which show that they look upon this prophecy to respect their present case.
Next: Isaiah Chapter 65
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Wilt thou - Do none of these things move…
Wilt thou - Do none of these things move thee to take vengeance? Thy peace - Wilt thou be as one that regards not?
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Wilt thou refrain thyself - Wilt thou refuse to…
Wilt thou refrain thyself - Wilt thou refuse to come to our aid? Wilt thou decline to visit us, and save us from our calamities?
Wilt thou hold thy peace - Wilt thou not speak for our rescue, and command us to be delivered? Thus closes this chapter of great tenderness and beauty. It is a model of affectionate and earnest entreaty for the divine interposition in the day of calamity. With such tender and affectionate earnestness may we learn to plead with God! Thus may all his people learn to approach him as a Father: thus feel that they have the inestimable privilege, in times of trial, of making known their needs to the High and Holy One. Thus, when calamity presses on us; when as individuals or as families we are afflicted; or when our country or the church is suffering under long trials, may we go to God and humbly confess our sins, and urge his promises, and take hold of his strength, and plead with him to interpose. Thus pleading, be will hear us; thus presenting our cause, he will interpose to save.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain for these things--Wilt Thou, notwithstanding these calamities of Thy…
for these things--Wilt Thou, notwithstanding these calamities of Thy people, still refuse Thy aid (Isa 42:14)?
In Isa 64:9, their plea was, "we are all Thy people." In answer, God declares that others (Gentiles) would be taken into covenant with Him, while His ancient people would be rejected. The Jews were slow to believe this; hence Paul says (Rom 10:20) that Isaiah was "very bold" in advancing so unpopular a sentiment; he implies what Paul states (Rom 2:28; Rom 9:6-7; Rom. 11:1-31), that "they are not all (in opposition to the Jews' plea, Isa 64:9) Israel which are of Israel." God's reason for so severely dealing with Israel is not changeableness in Him, but sin in them (Isa 65:2-7). Yet the whole nation shall not be destroyed, but only the wicked; a remnant shall be saved (Isa 65:8-16). There shall be, finally, universal blessedness to Israel, such as they had prayed for (Isa 65:17-25).
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Next: Isaiah Chapter 65
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Wilt thou refrain thyself — That is, refuse…
12. Wilt thou refrain thyself — That is, refuse to render aid in such extremity. It seems like a tender, deprecating, but not hopeless, remonstrance. It does not express despair. There is a faint, lingering confidence that God will yet be pitiful, and the next chapter gives the key as to how the pity and the help are to come.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. refrain thyself] See ch. Isa_63:15.
12. refrain thyself] See ch. Isa_63:15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Wilt thou refrain . . .?—The final appeal…
(12) Wilt thou refrain . . .?—The final appeal to the fatherly compassion of Jehovah reminds us of the scene when Joseph could not “refrain” (Gen_45:1), and natural tenderness would find a vent. Could the God of Israel look on the scene of desolation, and not be moved to pity?
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things? rather, at…
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things? rather, at these things seeing that these things are so. Will they not provoke thee to interfere?
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O Lord?
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Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O Lord?
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Self-restraint and silence, as applied to God
Self-restraint and silence, as applied to God are common figures for inaction and apparent indifference to the interests, and especially the sufferings, of His people. (J. A. Alexander.)
Jehovahs mercy
Jehovahs mercy cannot violently restrain itself longer; it must burst forth, like Josephs tears in the recognition scene (Gen_45:1). (F. Delitzsch, D. D.)
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