Isaías 64:10

10 Tus santas ciudades son desiertas, Sion desierto es, y Jerusalén soledad.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 64:10 In-Context

8 Ahora pues, SEÑOR, tú eres nuestro padre; nosotros lodo, y tú el que nos obraste, así que obra de tus manos somos todos nosotros.

9 No te aíres, oh SEÑOR, sobremanera; ni tengas perpetua memoria de la iniquidad. He aquí, mira ahora, pueblo tuyo somos todos nosotros.

10 Tus santas ciudades son desiertas, Sion desierto es, y Jerusalén soledad.

11 La Casa de nuestro Santuario y de nuestra gloria, en la cual te alabaron nuestros padres, fue quemada al fuego; y todas nuestras cosas preciosas fueron destruidas.

12 ¿Te estarás quieto, oh SEÑOR, sobre estas cosas? ¿Callarás, y nos afligirás sobremanera?