Isaiah 63:18

Am Kadshecha (People of Thy holiness, Thy Holy People) have possessed it but a little while; 1 our adversaries have trampled down Thy Mikdash. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

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

19We have become such as them 1 over whom Thou hast never ruled, 1 those who were not called by Shimecha (Thy Name). 1 so that the harim might shake at Thy presence,

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Cross References

Exodus 19:4You yourselves have seen what I did unto the Mitzrayim, and how I carried you on eaglesʼ wings, and brought you unto Myself.

Deuteronomy 26:19And to set thee high above kol HaGoyim which He hath made, in tehillah (praise), and in shem, and in tiferet; and that thou mayest be an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, as He hath spoken.

Psalms 79:1(A Mizmor.Of Asaph) 1 Thy Heikhal Kodesh have they defiled; 1 they have reduced Yerushalayim to rubble. 1

Isaiah 64:9Arei Kadsheicha (Thy holy cities) are a midbar, 1 Tziyon is a midbar, 1 Yerushalayim, a desolation. 1

Isaiah 64:11Wilt Thou refrain Thyself after these things, Hashem? 1 Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us ad me'od?

Lamentations 4:1How has the zahav lost its luster! 1 How is the most fine gold changed! 1 The avnei kodesh are poured out on every street corner. 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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