Isaiah 63:17
Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.
Psalms 74:1{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 90:13Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught 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 →