King James Version
Isaiah 64:12 in the King James Version says “Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 64 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?”
Isaiah 64:12 · KJV
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
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thyself for these things O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and afflict”
H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“us very sore”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
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