Isaiah 63:18
But a little while did thy holy people possess the land; Then our enemies trampled upon thy sanctuary.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19It has been with us as if thou hadst never ruled over us, As if we had not been called by thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 79:1“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! the nations have come into thine inheritance; They have polluted thy holy temple; They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins!
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth, O Jehovah, to the uttermost, Nor remember our iniquity forever! Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee, we are all thy people!
Isaiah 64:11Our holy and glorious house, Where our fathers praised thee, Is burned with fire, And all our precious things are laid waste.
Lamentations 4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are cast forth at the head of every street.
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 →