Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy bowels and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

14As the cattle that go down into the valley, the spirit of the LORD caused them to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

16For thou art our father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O LORD, art our father; our redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

Psalms 25:6Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Psalms 80:14Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

Psalms 89:49Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Psalms 113:5Who is like unto the LORD our God, that hath his seat on high,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:8-15

Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness. ( b. c. 706.) 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord , and the praises of the Lord , according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence… Read the whole commentary →

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