Isaiah 63:16

For you are our father, 1 though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognize us, 1 you, Yahweh, are our father. 'Our Redeemer' has been your name from ancient times. 1

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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 heaven and take notice from your holy and glorious habitation. 1 Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? 1 Your pity and your compassionate actions are kept from us. 1

17Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so we do not obey you? 1 Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:22You must say to Pharaoh, 'This is what Yahweh says: Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Deuteronomy 32:6Do you reward Yahweh in this way, 1 you foolish and senseless people? 1 Is he not your father, the one who has created you? 1 He made you and established you. 1

Job 14:21If his sons are honored, he does not know it; 1 and if they are brought low, he does not see it. 1

Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel; 1 I will help you—this is Yahweh's declaration, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 1

Isaiah 44:6This is what Yahweh says—the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts: 1 “I am the first, and I am the last; and there is no God but me. 1

Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of hosts is his name. 1 The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth. 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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