Isaiah 63:16

Doubtless Thou art Avinu, 1 though Avraham not have da'as of us, 1 and Yisroel not acknowledge us; 1 Thou, Hashem, art Avinu, Go'aleinu; 1 Shemecha is from everlasting. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Look down from Shomayim, and behold 1 from the habitation of Thy kodesh and of Thy Tiferet. 1 Where is Thy kina (zeal) and Thy gevurah (might)? 1 The yearning of Thy heart and of Thy rachamim 1 are withheld toward me. 1

17Hashem, why hast Thou made us to go astray from Thy drakhim, 1 and hardened libenu (our hearts) from fearing Thee? 1 Shuv (return) l'ma'an (for the sake of) Avadeicha (Thy servants), 1 Shivtei Nachalatecha (the Tribes of Thine Inheritance). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus repay Hashem, 1 O foolish people without chacham? 1 Is not He Avicha that hath bought thee? 1 Hath He not made thee, and established thee? 1

Job 14:21His banim come to honor, and he knoweth it not; 1 and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 1

Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou tola'at (worm) Ya'akov, and ye men of Yisroel; 1 I will help thee, saith Hashem, 1 and thy Go'el (Redeemer), the Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Isaiah 44:6Thus saith Hashem Melech Yisroel, 1 and His Go'el, Hashem Tzva'os; 1 I am the Rishon, and I am the Acharon; 1 and apart from Me there is no Elohim. 1

Isaiah 54:5For thy Oseh (Maker) is thine ba'al (husband); 1 Hashem Tzva'os Shmo; 1 and thy Go'el is Kadosh Yisroel; 1 The Elohei Kol HaAretz He is called. 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 →

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