Isaiah 63:19
We were yours from ancient times, but we've ended up like people you've never ruled, never identified as yours.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
In Context
18Your Temple belonged to us for a little while, but then our enemies invaded and destroyed it.
Cross References
Judges 5:4Lord, when you set off from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, rain fell from the skies, the clouds poured down water.
2 Samuel 22:10He pushed aside the heavens and came down, with dark clouds beneath his feet.
Psalms 79:6Pour out your anger on the heathen nations that don't know you, and on those kingdoms that don't worship you!
Isaiah 65:1I let myself be consulted by people who weren't even asking me questions; I let myself be found by people who weren't even looking for me. To a nation that wasn't even calling for me, I said, “I'm here, I'm here!”
Jeremiah 14:9Why do you act like someone caught unawares, like a powerful warrior who can't help? You are here among us, Lord, and we are known as your people. Please don't give up on us!
Daniel 9:19Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive! Please pay attention and do something! For your own sake, my God, don't delay, for your city and your people are identified by your name.”
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 →