Isaiah 63:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ You are our Father.
    Abraham might not accept us as his children.
    Jacob might not recognize us as his family.
But you are our Father, Lord.
    Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.
¹⁷ Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?
    Why do you let us become so stubborn
    that we don’t respect you?
Come back and help us.
    We are the tribes that belong to you.
¹⁸ For a little while your holy people possessed the land.
    But now our enemies have torn your temple down.