Isaiah 63:19

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

17Lord, why do you cause us to turn away from your ways? You make our minds become hard, so that we do not obey you. Please come back to help us, because we are your servants. We are the tribes that you have chosen for yourself! 18For only a short time, the holy place belonged to us, your special people. Then our enemies knocked down your temple. It seems that we have not belonged to you for a long time. You no longer rule over us or take care of us.

Isaiah 63:19 word by word

הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא־מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑םRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou neverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• barest ruleמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• over them; they were not calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• by thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Isaiah 63:19

• Psalms 79:6Please punish those nations that do not respect you. Be angry with the kingdoms that do not pray to you.
• Psalms 135:4The Lord chose Jacob's family for himself. Yes, he chose Israel's people to belong to him.
• Jeremiah 10:25Instead, be angry with the nations that do not respect you. Be angry with the people who do not worship you. Those are the people who have destroyed Jacob's descendants. They have killed our people. They have destroyed our land and our homes.’
• Acts 14:16In past times, God let people everywhere do what they wanted to do.
• Romans 9:4They are Israelite people. God chose them to belong to him as his own children. He showed them that he is very great. He made many agreements with them and he gave his Law to them. He showed them how they should worship him. He promised many good things to them.
• Ephesians 2:12At that time, you did not know about Christ, God's special Messiah. You did not belong to the nation of Israel's people. You did not know about the good things that God had promised to his people. You were living in this world with nothing good to hope for. You were living without God's help.
• Isaiah 65:1The Lord says, ‘I was ready to answer, even when my people did not ask me anything. I showed myself to people who were not even looking for me. I said, “Look! Here I am!” to a nation who did not even use my name to pray.
• Amos 9:12You Israelites will fight the Edomites who still remain. You will win against them and the other nations that once belonged to me.’ That is what the Lord says, and he will do it.
• Acts 15:17Then many other people will want to know me, the Lord God. Those are the Gentiles that I have chosen to belong to me. I, the Lord God, say this, and I will make these things happen.

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