Isaiah 63:17

Isaiah 63:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
• New International Version (NIV)Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, why have You made us stray from Your ways, And hardened our heart from Your fear? Return for Your servants’ sake, The tribes of Your inheritance.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession.

Context of Isaiah 63:17

15Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. 16For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. 18Your holy people held possession for a little while; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary. 19We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.

Isaiah 63:17 word by word

לָ֣מָּה תַתְעֵ֤נוּ יְהוָה֙ מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ לִבֵּ֖נוּ מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ שׁ֚וּב לְמַ֣עַן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ שִׁבְטֵ֖י נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• why hast thou made us to errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• from thy waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• hardenedקָשַׁחqâshach · to hardenH7188
• our heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• from thy fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• Returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• for thy servants’עֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• sake, the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of thine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159

Cross-references for Isaiah 63:17

• Psalms 119:10With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
• Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!
• Ezekiel 14:7For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, I the Lord will answer him myself.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
• Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
• Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.
• Joshua 11:20For it was the Lord's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
• John 12:40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
• Romans 9:18So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
• Numbers 10:36And when it rested, he said, "Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel."
• Psalms 74:1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
• Psalms 80:14Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
• Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
• Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the Lord said, 'O Lord of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years?'

Commentaries on Isaiah 63:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Why hast thou made us to err - A mere Hebraism, for why hast thou permitted us to err. So, Lead us not into temptation; do not suffer us to fall into that to which we are tempted.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? - Lowth and Noyes render this, Why dost thou suffer us to wander from thy way?‘ Calvin remarks on the passage, The prophet uses a common form of speaking, for it is usual in the Scriptures to say that God gives the wicked over to a reprobate mind, and hardens their hearts. But when the pious thus speak, they do not intend to make God the author of error or sin, as if they were innocent - nolunt Deum…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. 17The prophet understands that God has the power to keep his people faithful and asks why God has allowed them to stray from His path. Return, for the sake of Your servants: God also has the power to bring his people back to him (Ezekiel 36:25–27) and to defeat all their enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. made us to err--that is, "suffer" us to err and to be hardened in our heart. They do not mean to deny their own blameworthiness, but confess that through their own fault God gave them over to a reprobate mind (Is 6:9, 10; Psa 119:10; Ro 1:28). Return--(Nu 10:36; Psa 90:13).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