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Isaiah 63:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
Isaiah 63:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 Doubtless thou art our Father: though [a]Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel know us not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is forever.
17 O Lord, why hast [b]thou made us to err from thy ways? and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy [c]servant’s sake, and for the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 The people of thine holiness have possessed it, but a little [d]while: for our adversaries have trodden down thy Sanctuary.
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- Isaiah 63:16 Though Abraham would refuse us to be his children, yet thou wilt not refuse to be our father.
- Isaiah 63:17 By taking away the holy Spirit from us, by whom we were governed, and so for our ingratitude didst deliver us up to our own concupiscence, and didst punish sin by sin according to thy just judgment.
- Isaiah 63:17 Meaning, for the Covenant’s sake made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob his servants.
- Isaiah 63:18 That is, in respect of the promise, which is perpetual: albeit they had now possessed the land of Canaan, a thousand and four hundred years: and thus they lament, to move God rather to remember his Covenant, than to punish their sins.
Isaiah 63:16-18
New International Version
Isaiah 63:16-18
New International Version
16 But you are our Father,(A)
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(D) from your ways
and harden our hearts(E) so we do not revere(F) you?
Return(G) for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.(H)
18 For a little while(I) your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled(J) down your sanctuary.(K)
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