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Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are all your people. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/64.htm">New Living Translation</a> Don’t be so angry with us, LORD. Please don’t remember our sins forever. Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people. <a href="/esv/isaiah/64.htm">English Standard Version</a> Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! <a href="/kjv/isaiah/64.htm">King James Bible</a> Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/64.htm">New King James Version</a> Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look—we all are Your people! <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do not be angry beyond measure, LORD, Nor remember wrongdoing forever. Behold, please look, all of us are Your people. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1995</a> Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Neither remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Thy people. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/64.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do not be angry beyond measure, O Yahweh, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. <a href="/amp/isaiah/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever. Now look, consider, for we are all Your people. <a href="/csb/isaiah/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look—all of us are your people! <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look—all of us are Your people! <a href="/asv/isaiah/64.htm">American Standard Version</a> Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. <a href="/cev/isaiah/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't be so furious or keep our sins in your thoughts forever! Remember that all of us are your people. <a href="/erv/isaiah/64.htm">English Revised Version</a> Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't be too angry, LORD. Don't remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/64.htm">Good News Translation</a> so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us. <a href="/isv/isaiah/64.htm">International Standard Version</a> Don't be angry beyond measure, LORD, and don't remember our iniquity for a season. Please look now, we are all your people. <a href="/msb/isaiah/64.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! <a href="/net/isaiah/64.htm">NET Bible</a> LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! <a href="/nheb/isaiah/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not be furious, LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Be not very wroth, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. <a href="/web/isaiah/64.htm">World English Bible</a> Don’t be furious, Yahweh. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Do not be angry, O YHWH, very severely, "" Nor remember iniquity forever, "" Behold, look attentively, we implore You, "" We [are] all Your people. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people are we all. <a href="/slt/isaiah/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou wilt not be angry, O Jehovah, even greatly, and not forever wilt thou remember iniquity: behold, look now, Ye are all thy people.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/64.htm">New American Bible</a> Do not be so very angry, LORD, do not remember our crimes forever; look upon us, who are all your people! <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/64.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not be exceedingly angry, O LORD, and do not remember iniquity forever. Now consider, we are all your people.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Be not very angry, O LORD, neither remember our sins for ever; behold, see, we are all thy people. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Do not be very angry forever, LORD JEHOVAH, and do not remember our sins forever. See that we are all your people<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, Neither remember iniquity for ever; Behold, look, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy people. <a href="/sep/isaiah/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on us, for we are all thy people. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/64-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14120" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">A Prayer for God's Power</a> …8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. 9<a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7107.htm" title="7107: tiq·ṣōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to crack off, i.e. burst out in rage.">be angry,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">beyond</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">measure;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: tiz·kōr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ā·wōn (N-cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">our iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/5703.htm" title="5703: lā·‘aḏ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Perpetuity. From adah; properly, a terminus, i.e. duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity.">forever.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Oh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5027.htm" title="5027: hab·beṭ- (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To look. A primitive root; to scan, i.e. Look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care.">look upon us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">we pray;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵul·lā·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">we are all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people!</a> 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12-14</a> Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” / So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people. <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalm 79:8-9</a> Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. / Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name. <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Jeremiah 31:20</a> Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a> Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! <a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm">2 Chronicles 30:9</a> For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” <a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31</a> But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God. <a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-10</a> The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. / He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. / He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a> So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8-9</a> How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! / I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath. <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-2</a> I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: <a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19</a> that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. <a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a> But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12</a> For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people.wroth<a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1</a> To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Psalm 38:1</a> A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1,2</a> Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? … remember<a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12</a> Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.<a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20</a> Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?<a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-20</a> Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy… we are<a href="/isaiah/63-19.htm">Isaiah 63:19</a> We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.<a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Psalm 79:13</a> So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.<a href="/psalms/119-94.htm">Psalm 119:94</a> I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Attentively</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Beg</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Furious</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-23.htm">Look</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-2.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Wroth</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Attentively</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-20.htm">Beg</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-19.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Furious</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Look</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-15.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Wroth</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 64</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">The church prays for the illustration of God's power</a> 4. <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">It complains of their afflictions</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/64.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/64.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; This plea reflects the Israelites' understanding of God's righteous anger due to their sins. In the Old Testament, God's anger is often depicted as a response to covenant unfaithfulness (<a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24-28</a>). The Israelites are aware of the consequences of divine wrath, as seen in the Babylonian exile. The phrase suggests a hope for God's mercy, reminiscent of His character described in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where He is "slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."do not remember our iniquity forever. The request for God not to remember their sins highlights the concept of divine forgiveness. In biblical terms, to "remember" often means to act upon something. The Israelites are asking God to forgive and not act upon their past transgressions. This is echoed in <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where God removes transgressions "as far as the east is from the west." The plea for forgiveness is a central theme in the sacrificial system and foreshadows the ultimate forgiveness through Christ's atonement (<a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Hebrews 10:17</a>).Oh, look upon us, we pray; This is a call for God’s attention and favor. In the ancient Near Eastern context, to have a deity "look upon" someone was to receive their blessing and protection. The Israelites are seeking restoration of their relationship with God, akin to the priestly blessing in <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>, where God's face shining upon His people signifies peace and grace.we are all Your people! This declaration reaffirms the covenant relationship between God and Israel. Despite their sins, the Israelites claim their identity as God's chosen people, as established in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>. This identity is not based on their righteousness but on God's promise to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a>). The phrase also points to the future hope of restoration and unity under the Messiah, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10-12</a>, where all nations will seek the root of Jesse.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, whom Isaiah addresses in this plea for mercy. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, often straying from His commandments, yet seeking His forgiveness and restoration. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a> The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, representing the southern kingdom of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a> The context of the plea, as the people face the consequences of their sins, including the Babylonian exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_patience.htm">God's Mercy and Patience</a> God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. We are encouraged to approach Him with humility, seeking His mercy. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_repentance.htm">The Nature of Repentance</a> True repentance involves acknowledging our sins and turning back to God, trusting in His willingness to forgive. <a href="/topical/i/identity_as_god's_people.htm">Identity as God's People</a> Despite our failures, we are reminded of our identity as God's people, chosen and loved by Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_intercession.htm">The Importance of Intercession</a> Isaiah's prayer serves as a model for interceding on behalf of others, asking God to remember His covenant promises. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> Even in times of judgment, there is hope for restoration and renewal through God's grace and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_64.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 64</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_9_align_with_mercy.htm">How does the judgment in Ezekiel 9 align with other biblical passages emphasizing mercy and forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/is_god's_mercy_universal.htm">Is God merciful to all? (Psalm 145:9 vs. Isaiah 13:9)</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_57_9__does_courting_powers_defy_god.htm">Isaiah 57:9: Does the reference to courting foreign powers challenge God's sovereignty, and is there any conflict with other biblical texts that describe reliance on allies?</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_27_7-9_conflict_with_ezekiel_18.htm">Isaiah 27:7-9 describes collective punishment or forgiveness--does this conflict with other Old Testament texts emphasizing individual responsibility (e.g., Ezekiel 18)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/64.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - Be not wroth very sore. At the time of the Captivity God was wroth very sore (<a href="/lamentations/5-22.htm">Lamentations 5:22</a>). His auger was hot against the sheep of his pasture (<a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1</a>). But they had suffered, they had been afflicted many years. Might he not now relent, and remit somewhat from his fierce anger? Neither remember iniquity (comp. <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalm 79:8</a>). God had already made a promise by the mouth of Isaiah, "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy trangressions, and will not remember thy sins" (<a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a>). The captives lay hold, as it were, on this promise, and entreat that their "iniquity" may be not only forgiven, but forgotten (<a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>). We are all thy people. A fresh argument. "We are thy children," individually (ver. 8); "we are thy work, thy creatures" (ver. 8), again individually; but also, "we are all of us (kullanu), collectively, thy people" - the people whom thou hast chosen to thyself, and over whom thou hast watched for so many centuries. Surely this consideration, if no other, will induce thee to forego thy wrath and forgive our iniquity. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/64-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not be angry, תִּקְצֹ֤ף (tiq·ṣōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7107.htm">Strong's 7107: </a> To crack off, burst out in rage O LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel beyond עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while measure; מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily do not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not remember תִּזְכֹּ֣ר (tiz·kōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male our iniquity עָוֺ֑ן (‘ā·wōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity forever. לָעַ֖ד (lā·‘aḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5703.htm">Strong's 5703: </a> A, terminus, duration, advance, perpetuity Oh, הֵ֥ן (hên) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! look upon us, הַבֶּט־ (hab·beṭ-) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5027.htm">Strong's 5027: </a> To scan, look intently at, to regard we pray; נָ֖א (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' we are all כֻלָּֽנוּ׃ (ḵul·lā·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every Your people! עַמְּךָ֥ (‘am·mə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:9 Don't be furious Yahweh neither remember iniquity (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 64:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 64:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>