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Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/64.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After all this, LORD, must you still refuse to help us? Will you continue to be silent and punish us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/64.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou refrain thyself for these <i>things</i>, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/64.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will You restrain Yourself because of these <i>things,</i> O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You restrain Yourself at these things, LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Wilt Thou restrain Thyself at these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/64.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O LORD [and not help us]? Will You keep silent and humiliate <i>and</i> oppress us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />LORD, after all this, will you restrain yourself? Will you keep silent and afflict us severely?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br /> LORD, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/64.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you see these things, how can you just sit there and make us suffer more? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/64.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Despite these things, LORD, will you hold back? Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/64.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can endure? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/64.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> LORD, after all this, can you hold yourself back? Can you keep silent and punish us so severely?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/64.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/64.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In light of all this, how can you still hold back, LORD? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Will you refrain yourself for these things, LORD? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and grievously afflict us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/64.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do You refrain Yourself for these, YHWH? You are silent, and afflict us very severely!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For these wilt thou refrain thyself, O Jehovah? wilt thou be silent, and wilt thou humble us even greatly?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Should you restrain yourself, O Lord, concerning these things? Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/64.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can you hold back, LORD, after all this? Can you remain silent, and afflict us so severely? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/64.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After all this, will you restrain yourself, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and punish us so severely?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because of these things thou hast restrained thyself, O LORD, and held thy peace, and afflicted us very sore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For these you restrained yourself, LORD JEHOVAH, and you have been silent, and you have laid us very low <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And for all these things thou, O Lord, has withholden, thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/64-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14152" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">A Prayer for God's Power</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ha·‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">all this,</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/662.htm" title="662: ṯiṯ·’ap·paq (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- To hold, be strong. A primitive root; to contain, i.e. Abstain.">will You restrain Yourself?</a> <a href="/hebrew/2814.htm" title="2814: te·ḥĕ·šeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be silent, inactive, or still. A primitive root; to hush or keep quiet.">Will You keep silent</a> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm" title="6031: ū·ṯə·‘an·nê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-2ms:: 1cp) -- To be bowed down or afflicted. A primitive root; to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">and afflict us</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> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20-22</a></span><br />Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? / Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, / unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1-3</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture? / Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell. / Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5-7</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? / Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name, / for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19-22</a></span><br />Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror. / We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You. / For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-15.htm">2 Kings 19:15-19</a></span><br />And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. / Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” / When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-16.htm">Daniel 9:16-19</a></span><br />O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us. / So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. / Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Habakkuk 1:2-4</a></span><br />How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save? / Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds. / Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19-21</a></span><br />Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. / Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. / So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-20.htm">Ezekiel 36:20-23</a></span><br />And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ / But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. / Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Psalm 89:46-49</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? / Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! / What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-4</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? / You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts. / But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a></span><br />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: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Isaiah 42:14</a></b></br> I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, <i>and</i> refrained myself: <i>now</i> will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">Psalm 10:1</a></b></br> Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? <i>why</i> hidest thou <i>thyself</i> in times of trouble?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">Psalm 74:10,11,18,19</a></b></br> O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Sorely</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-14.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-9.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-16.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-6.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Sorely</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-5.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-4.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 64</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">The church prays for the illustration of God's power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">It complains of their afflictions</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself?</b><br>This phrase reflects a plea from the prophet Isaiah, expressing a deep sense of urgency and desperation. The context is the aftermath of the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites are seeking God's intervention and mercy. The phrase "after all this" refers to the preceding chapters where Isaiah recounts the sins of Israel and the resulting judgment. The rhetorical question suggests a hope that God will not remain inactive or indifferent to their plight. This echoes other biblical instances where God's people cry out for His presence, such as in <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a>, where the Israelites groan under Egyptian bondage and God hears their cries.<p><b>Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?</b><br>Here, the prophet questions whether God will continue to remain silent in the face of their suffering. Silence from God is often perceived as a form of judgment or absence, as seen in <a href="/psalms/28.htm">Psalm 28:1</a>, where David pleads for God not to be silent. The phrase "afflict us beyond measure" indicates the severity of their suffering and the feeling that it has reached an unbearable level. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to discipline, but also where there is hope for restoration. The plea for God not to remain silent is a call for divine intervention and mercy, reminiscent of the cries for deliverance found throughout the Psalms and the prophetic books.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is being addressed in this verse as the one who has the power to intervene or remain silent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, representing the southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to their disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of this plea, as the people of Judah were facing or experiencing the consequences of their rebellion against God, leading to their exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a></b><br>The faithful few within Israel who continued to seek God and His mercy despite the nation's widespread unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_silence_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Silence and Sovereignty</a></b><br>Understand that God's silence is not indicative of His absence or lack of concern. His timing and purposes are perfect, even when they are beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical expression of faith, allowing believers to bring their deepest questions and pains before God, trusting in His character and promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Recognize that God's discipline is often a call to repentance and restoration. It is an opportunity to turn back to Him with sincere hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_mercy.htm">Hope in God's Mercy</a></b><br>Even in the midst of judgment, there is hope in God's mercy. He is a God who delights in showing compassion and restoring His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_remnant.htm">The Importance of the Remnant</a></b><br>Be encouraged by the concept of the remnant, knowing that God always preserves a faithful group who seek Him, even in times of widespread unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_64.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 64</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_12_6_conflict_with_god's_omnipresence.htm">Isaiah 12:6: Does calling on the name of the Lord in Zion conflict with other biblical passages that suggest God's presence is not confined to a single geographic location?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_64_12_contradict_miracles.htm">If Isaiah 64:12 questions why God remains silent amidst destruction, why does this seem to contradict other passages where God intervenes miraculously?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_63_15-16_question_god's_omnipresence.htm">In Isaiah 63:15-16, the prophet questions God's absence--does this contradict the belief in God's omnipresence throughout the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_keep_heart_and_actions_pure.htm">What does reverence for God mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/64.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Wilt thou refrain . . .</span>?--The final appeal to the fatherly compassion of Jehovah reminds us of the scene when Joseph could not "refrain" (<a href="/genesis/45-1.htm" title="Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.">Genesis 45:1</a>), and natural tenderness would find a vent. Could the God of Israel look on the scene of desolation, and not be moved to pity?<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/64.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wilt</span> <span class="cmt_word">thou refrain thyself for</span> <span class="cmt_word">these</span> things? rather, <span class="accented">at these things -</span> seeing that these things are so. Will they not provoke thee to interfere? <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/64-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">הַעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(ha·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all this,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will You restrain Yourself?</span><br /><span class="heb">תִתְאַפַּ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiṯ·’ap·paq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_662.htm">Strong's 662: </a> </span><span class="str2">To contain, abstain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will You keep silent</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(te·ḥĕ·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2814.htm">Strong's 2814: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be silent, inactive, or still</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and afflict</span><br /><span class="heb">וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ṯə·‘an·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6031.htm">Strong's 6031: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bowed down or afflicted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">us beyond</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">measure?</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:12 Will you refrain yourself for these things (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 64:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 65:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:1" /></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>