12 For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever? Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove `it'.
A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
And the messenger of Jehovah answereth and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts! till when dost Thou not pity Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, that Thou hast abhorred these seventy years?'
Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire? Remember, I pray Thee, what `is' life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men? Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. Where `are' Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness, Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
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Commentary on Isaiah 64 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 64
This chapter goes on with that pathetic pleading prayer which the church offered up to God in the latter part of the foregoing chapter. They had argued from their covenant-relation to God and his interest and concern in them; now here,
And this was not only intended for the use of the captive Jews, but may serve for direction to the church in other times of distress, what to ask of God and how to plead with him. Are God's people at any time in affliction, in great affliction? Let them pray, let them thus pray.
Isa 64:1-5
Here,
Isa 64:6-12
As we have the Lamentations of Jeremiah, so here we have the Lamentations of Isaiah; the subject of both is the same-the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans and the sin of Israel that brought that destruction-only with this difference, Isaiah sees it at a distance and laments it by the Spirit of prophecy, Jeremiah saw it accomplished. In these verses,