Isaiah 63:15-19
World English Bible
15 Look down from heaven,
and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory.
Where are your zeal and your mighty acts?
The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
16 For you are our Father,
though Abraham doesn’t know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father.
Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
17 O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways,
and harden our heart from your fear?
Return for your servants’ sake,
the tribes of your inheritance.
18 Your holy people possessed it but a little while.
Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those over whom you never ruled,
like those who were not called by your name.
Isaiah 63:15-19
International Standard Version
God the Father
15 Look down from heaven, and see
from your holy and glorious dwelling.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Where are the yearning of your heart and your compassion?
They are held back from me.
16 But you are our Father,
even[a] Abraham does not know us
and Israel has not acknowledged[b] us;
you are he,[c] O Lord, our Father,
from long ago, ‘Our Redeemer’ is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander[d] from your ways
and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
18 Your holy people took possession[e] for a little while,
but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 For a long time we have been those you do not rule,
those who are not called by your name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 63:16 Lit. and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read but or although
- Isaiah 63:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Israel does not acknowledge
- Isaiah 63:16 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read you
- Isaiah 63:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read do you make us wander, Lord
- Isaiah 63:18 So 1QIsaa (sing.); MT is pl.; LXX reads so that we may take possession
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