KJV King James Version
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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Isaiah 64:12
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
WEB World English Bible
Will you refrain yourself for these things, Yahweh? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?
ASV American Standard Version
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 64
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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.
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 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.Psalm 74:10-11O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?Psalm 74:18-19Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.Psalm 83:1A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.Psalm 80:3-4Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Psalm 79:5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?Psalm 10:1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?Psalm 89:46-51How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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