American Standard Version
Isaiah 63:19
19We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
Isaiah 63:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called by your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never called by Your name.
Context of Isaiah 63:19
17O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
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הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא־מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑םRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 63:19
- Psalms 79:6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
- Psalms 135:4For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, AndIsrael for his own possession.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Acts 14:16who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.
- Romans 9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
- Isaiah 65:1I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
- Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.
- Acts 15:17That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
Commentaries on Isaiah 63:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19We are thine - We urge it as a reason for thy interposition to restore the land and the temple, that we are thine from ancient times. Such I take to be the meaning of the passage - in accordance with the common translation, except that the expression מעולם mē‛ôlâm from ancient times,‘ rendered by our translators in connection with לא lo' never,‘ is thus connected with the Jewish people, instead of being regarded as applied to their enemies. The idea…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 They beseech him to look down on the abject condition of their once-favoured nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from their hearts, to return to the tribes of his inheritance? The Babylonish captivity, and the after-deliverance of the Jews, were shadows of the events here foretold. The Lord looks down upon us in tenderness and mercy. Spiritual judgments are more to be dreaded than any other calamities; and we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Israel was constantly turning from God and then being punished by him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. thine ... never--rather, "We are Thine from of old; Thou barest not rule over them" [Barnes]. Lowth translates, "We for long have been as those over whom Thou hast not ruled, who are not called by Thy name"; "for long" thus stands in contrast to "but a little while" (Is 63:18). But the analogy of Is 63:18 makes it likely that the first clause in this verse refers to the Jews, and the second to their foes, as English Version and Barnes translate it…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 63
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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