Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful temple,
What it says
The holy and beautiful temple where their fathers praised God has been burned, and all precious things lie in ruins.
What it is doing
This verse intensifies the plea by naming the destruction of the sanctuary itself.
In context
1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, 2as fire kindles the brushwood 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, 4From ancient times no one has heard, 5You welcome those who gladly do right, 6Each of us has become like something unclean, 7No one calls on Your name 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; 9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. 11Our holy and beautiful temple, 12After all this, O LORD,