Isaiah 63:17
O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants` sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
American Standard 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 Jehovah 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 hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 90:13Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto 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 sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them];
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 →