Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 63:10
10But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.
Isaiah 63:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them.
Context of Isaiah 63:10
8He said, “They are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,” and he became their Savior. 9In all their suffering, he suffered, and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past. But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them. 11Then he remembered the days of the past, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock? 12He made his glorious strength available at the right hand of Moses, divided the water before them to make an eternal name for himself,
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וְהֵ֛מָּה מָר֥וּ וְעִצְּב֖וּ אֶת־ר֣וּחַ קָדְשׁ֑וֹ וַיֵּהָפֵ֥ךְ לָהֶ֛ם לְאוֹיֵ֖ב ה֥וּא נִלְחַם־בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 63:10
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
- Isaiah 65:2I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.
- Exodus 15:24The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink?”
- Exodus 16:8Moses continued, “The Lord will give you meat to eat this evening and all the bread you want in the morning, for he has heard the complaints that you are raising against him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”
- Exodus 32:8They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, ‘Israel, these are your gods, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”
- Numbers 14:9Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!”
- Numbers 16:1Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
- Deuteronomy 9:7“Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place.
- Nehemiah 9:16But our ancestors acted arrogantly; they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.
- Lamentations 1:18The Lord is just, for I have rebelled against his command. Listen, all you people; look at my pain. My young women and young men have gone into captivity.
- Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebellious pagans who have rebelled against me. The Israelites and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.
- Ezekiel 20:8“‘But they rebelled against me and were unwilling to listen to me. None of them threw away the abhorrent things that they prized, and they did not abandon the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them, exhausting my anger against them within the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 78:8Then they would not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Psalms 95:9where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
- Ezekiel 6:9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are taken captive, how I was crushed by their promiscuous hearts that turned away from me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil things they did, their detestable actions of every kind.
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
Commentaries on Isaiah 63:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And he fought against them - Twenty-six MSS. (ten ancient) and the first edition, with another, add the conjunction ו vau, והוא vehu, and he.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But they rebelled - Against God. This charge is often made against the Jews; and indeed their history is little more than a record of a series of rebellions against God. And vexed - Or rather grieved.‘ The Hebrew word עצב ‛âtsab in Piel, means to pain, to afflict, to grieve. This is the idea here. Their conduct was such as was suited to produce the deepest pain - for there is nothing which we more deeply feel than the ingratitude of those who have been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of his love; thus he redeemed and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10But they rebelled: See also Isaiah 1:2, 4; 59:1–15; Psalms 78, 106. Persistent disobedience and unbelief grieved God's Holy Spirit (Psalm 106:33; Matthew 12:32; Mark 3:29). became their enemy: Examples include Israel’s period of wandering in the wilderness (see the book of Numbers), the period of the judges (see the book of Judges), and the period leading up to the exile (see the book of Jeremiah).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. vexed--grieved (Psa 78:40; 95:10; Ac 7:51; Ep 4:30; He 3:10, 17). he fought--rather, "He it was that fought," namely, the angel of His presence [Horsley], (La 2:5).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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