English Standard Version
Isaiah 63:19
19We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.
Context of Isaiah 63:19
17O 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. We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
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הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא־מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑םRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 63:19
- Psalms 79:6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
- Psalms 135:4For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Acts 14:16In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
- Romans 9:4They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
- Ephesians 2:12remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
- Isaiah 65:1I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that was not called by my name.
- Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name," declares the Lord who does this.
- Acts 15:17that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things
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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