Isaiah 64:12 · KJV
“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these {things}, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?”
— Isaiah 64:12
Isaiah 64 — Context
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these {things}, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Cross References
Isaiah 42:14
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, {and} refrained myself: {now} will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. {devour: Heb. swallow, or, sup up}
Psalms 74:10-11
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:18-19
Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 83:1
[A Song {or} Psalm of Asaph.] Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. {of Asaph: or, for Asaph}
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Revelation 6:10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Psalms 89:46-51
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?