Isaiah 64:10

10 Your ¹holy cities have become a ²wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Isaiah 64:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities are a wilderness
Meaning either Zion, the city of David, and Jerusalem; the one called the upper, the other the lower city; now uninhabited, and a mere wilderness: or else the other cities of Judea, in which were formerly synagogues for religious service, and in which dwelt many godly families where the worship of God was kept up; but now a desert, at least quite devoid of true religion and godliness. Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation;
which are either explanative of the holy cities in the preceding clauses, or are mentioned as distinct from them; the account proceeding from the lesser to the metropolitan cities, which fared no better than they did, but equally lay desolate; and which fulfilled the prophecy in ( Micah 3:12 ) and was the case of those cities, at the destruction of them by Titus; and to this day are in a ruinous condition in the hands of the Turks.

Isaiah 64:10 In-Context

8 But now, O LORD , You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.

9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD , Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.

10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin.

12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD ? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1
• 2. Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 6:11