King James Version
Isaiah 64:11 in the King James Version says “Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things ar...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 64 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.”
Isaiah 64:11 · KJV
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and our beautiful”
H8597ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“praised”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
“where our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all our pleasant things”
H4261delightful; hence, a delight, i.e., object of affection or desire
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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