Isaías 64:9

9 Não te ires demais, ó SENHOR!Não te lembres constantemente das nossas maldades.Olha para nós!Somos o teu povo!

Isaías 64:9 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 64:9

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord
They knew not how to deprecate the displeasure of God entirely; having sinned so greatly against him, they were sensible they deserved his wrath; but entreat it might not be hot and very vehement, and carried to the highest pitch, which would be intolerable: neither remember iniquity for ever;
to afflict and punish for it, but forgive it, for not to remember sin is to forgive it; and not inflict the deserved punishment of it, but take off and remove the effects of divine displeasure, which as yet continued, and had a long time, as this petition suggests; and therefore suits better with the present long captivity of the Jews than their seventy years' captivity in Babylon. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people;
look upon all our troubles and distresses, and upon us under them, with an eye of pity and compassion; and consider that we are thy people, not only by creation, but by covenant and profession; even everyone of us; or we are all the people thou hast, the Jews looking upon themselves to be the special and peculiar people of God, and the Gentiles as having no claim to such a relation; this is the pure spirit of Judaism. The Targum is,

``lo, it is manifest before thee that we are all of us thy people.''

Isaías 64:9 In-Context

7 Não há ninguém que clame pelo teu nome,que se anime a apegar-se a ti,pois escondeste de nós o teu rostoe nos deixaste perecer por causa das nossas iniquidades.

8 Contudo, SENHOR, tu és o nosso Pai.Nós somos o barro; tu és o oleiro.Todos nós somos obra das tuas mãos.

9 Não te ires demais, ó SENHOR!Não te lembres constantemente das nossas maldades.Olha para nós!Somos o teu povo!

10 As tuas cidades sagradas transformaram-se em deserto.Até Sião virou um deserto, e Jerusalém, uma desolação!

11 O nosso templo santo e glorioso, onde os nossos antepassados te louvavam,foi destruído pelo fogo,e tudo o que nos era precioso está em ruínas.