Isaiah 64:10
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
KJV
Civitas Sancti tui facta est deserta, Sion deserta facta est, Jerusalem desolata est.
Vulgate
πόλις τοῦ ἁγίου σου ἐγενήθη ἔρημος Σειών· ὡς ἔρημος ἐγενήθη Ἰερουσαλήμ· εἰς κατάραν
LXX
Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
ASV
בֵּ֧ית קָדְשֵׁ֣/נוּ וְ/תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗/נוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִֽלְל֨וּ/ךָ֙ אֲבֹתֵ֔י/נוּ הָיָ֖ה לִ/שְׂרֵ֣פַת אֵ֑שׁ וְ/כָל מַחֲמַדֵּ֖י/נוּ הָיָ֥ה לְ/חָרְבָּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַחְמַ֣ד
mchmd
noun · 12×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×
שְׂרֵפָ֖ה
shrph
noun · 13×
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת
tp'rt
noun · 51×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
That the land of the Jews, then, was to be laid waste, hear what was said by the Spirit of prophecy. And the words were spoken as if from the person of the people wondering at what had happened. They are these: Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. The house of our sanctuary has become a curse, and the glory which our fathers blessed is burned up with fire, and all its …
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 25:9 — And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
- Dan 9:2 — In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation
- Isa 1:7 — Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
- Jer 52:13 — And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
- Lam 1:10 — The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congrega
- Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Ps 79:7 — For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.