Our holy and our beautiful house - The temple. It was called ‘holy,’ because it was dedicated to the service of God; and ‘beautiful,’ on acc…

Our holy and our beautiful house ... —The destruction of the Temple, which, on the assumption of Isaiah’s authorship, the…

We are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: …

The house of our sanctuary and of our glory. It is called “the sanctuary of the people” in a different sense from that in which it is call…

Our holy and our beautiful house Meaning the temple, the house of God, as Aben Ezra: called "holy", because dedicated to …

The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…

1. O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.

   First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …