Isaiah 63:18
Your people possessed your holy place for a short time, but then our enemies trampled it. 1
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19We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were never called by your name.”
Cross References
Exodus 19:4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
Deuteronomy 26:19and he will set you high above all the other nations that he has made, and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people that is set apart to Yahweh your God, just as he said.”
Psalms 79:1God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; 1 they have defiled your holy temple; 1 they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. 1
Isaiah 64:9Be not too angry, Yahweh, nor always call to mind against us our sins. 1 Please look at us all, your people. 1
Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised you, 1 has been destroyed by fire, and all that was so dear is in ruins. 1
Lamentations 4:1The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed! 1 The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street. 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 →