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18 For a little while,
    your temple belonged to us;[a]
and now our enemies
    have torn it down.
19 We act as though you
had never ruled us
    or called us your people.

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  1. 63.18 For … us: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

18 For a little while(A) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(B) down your sanctuary.(C)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[a] by your name.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called