Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why do thou make us to err from thy ways, and harden our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Thy holy people possessed [it] but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
Psalms 74:1O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD. How long? And relent concerning thy servants.
Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed.
Isaiah 29:13And LORD said, Inasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, but in vain they worship me (LXX/NT), {teaching the commandments and doctrines of men
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:16-19
Earnest Pleadings. ( b. c. 706.) 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord , art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17 O Lord , why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for… Read the whole commentary →