KJVWilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'
Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. O that thou wouldest rend the heavens! The particle lv' (lu) appears to me, in this passage, to denote a wish; for, although it has many significations, yet the context shews that this signification is more appropriate to this passage than any other. Here believers burst forth into earnest…