Isaiah 63:18

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

LXX2012 (US English)

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 have you caused us to err, O Lord, from your way? and has hardened our hearts, that we should not fear you? Return for your servants' sake, for the sake of the tribes of your inheritance,

19+ 63:19 Heb. and Alex. + 'our adversaries have trodden down the sanctuary.' We are become as at the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and your name was not called upon us.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:4You⌃ 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 you should be above all nations, as he has made you renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that you should be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken.

Psalms 79:1Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself; 1

Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins + 64:9 The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. for ever; but now look on us, for we are all your people.

Isaiah 64:11The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.

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

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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