Yesaya 64:9-10

64:9 Lord, do not be too angry!

Do not hold our sins against us continually! ¹ 

Take a good look at your people, at all of us! ² 

64:10 Your chosen ³  cities have become a desert;

Zion has become a desert,

Jerusalem ⁴  is a desolate ruin.

[64:9]  ¹ tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”

[64:9]  ² tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”

[64:10]  ³ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

[64:10]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.