64:9 Lord, do not be too angry!
Do not hold our sins against us continually! 1
Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 2
64:10 Your chosen 3 cities have become a desert;
Zion has become a desert,
Jerusalem 4 is a desolate ruin.
64:11 Our holy temple, our pride and joy, 5
the place where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire;
all our prized possessions have been destroyed. 6
1 tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”
2 tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”
3 tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Heb “our source of pride.”
6 tn Or “all that we valued has become a ruin.”