Isaiah 63:19
We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 5:4O Lord, when you departed from Seir, and you crossed through the regions of Edom, the earth and the heavens were moved, and the clouds rained down water.
2 Samuel 22:10He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
Psalms 79:6How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
Isaiah 65:1Those who before were not asking for me have sought me. Those who have not sought me have found me. I said, “Behold, it is I! Behold, it is I!” to a nation which was not invoking my name.
Jeremiah 14:9Why would you be like a wandering man, like a strong man who is unable to save? But you, O Lord, are with us, and your name is invoked over us, so do not abandon us!”
Daniel 9:19Heed, O Lord. Be pleased, O Lord. Turn and act. Do not delay, for your own sake, O my God, because your name is invoked over your city and over your people.”
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 →