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11 Our holy Temple and our splendor,
    where our ancestors praised you,
have become[a] a conflagration of fire,
    and all our dearest places have become[b] ruins.
12 Lord, after all this, can you hold yourself back?
    Can you keep silent and punish us so severely?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Our holy and glorious Temple … has become
  2. Isaiah 64:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads all our dearest places has become; MTmss read our every dearest place has become

11 Our holy and glorious temple,(A) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(B) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(C)
    Will you keep silent(D) and punish us beyond measure?

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