Isaiah 63:18

that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

In Context

17Why hast thou caused us to err, O Lord, from thy way? and hast hardened our hearts, that we should not fear thee? Return for thy servants’ sake, for the sake of the tribes of thine inheritance,

19We are become as at the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and thy name was not called upon us. If thou wouldest open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt,

Read all of Isaiah 63

Cross References

Exodus 19:4Ye have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles’ wings, and I brought you near to myself.

Deuteronomy 26:19and that thou shouldest be above all nations, as he has made thee renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that thou shouldest be a holy people to the Lord thy God, as he has spoken.

Psalms 79:1For the end, for alternate strains, a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. 1

Isaiah 64:9The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Zion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.

Isaiah 64:11And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.

Lamentations 4:1How will the gold be tarnished, 1 And the fine silver changed! 1 The sacred stones have been poured forth 1 At the top of all the streets. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 63:18