Isaiah Chapter 64 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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BBE Isaiah 64:10

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
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DARBY Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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KJV Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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WEB Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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YLT Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - Thy holy cities are a wilderness. Commonly Jerusalem stands alone as "the holy city" (Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 56:1; Daniel 9:24; Nehemiah 11:1, 18); but here the epithet is applied to the cities of Judah generally. They were all in a certain sense "holy," as being comprised within the limits of "the holy land" (Zechariah 2:12) and "the holy border" (Psalm 78:54). Zion... Jerusalem (see the comment on Isaiah 62:1).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Thy holy cities . . .--There is no other instance of the plural, and this probably led the LXX. and Vulg. to substitute the singular. It probably rests on the thought that the whole land was holy (Zechariah 2:12), and that this attribute extended, therefore, to all its cities, especially to those which were connected with historical memories. Possibly, however, Zion and Jerusalem--the former identified with the Temple, the latter with the people of Jehovah--are thought of as two distinct cities, locally united. The "wilderness" is, as elsewhere, rather open pasture-land than a sandy desert.