God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 63:15
15Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling. Where is your determination and might? Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion? Don’t hold back.
Isaiah 63:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
- New International Version (NIV)Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Look 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
Context of Isaiah 63:15
13Where is the one who led them through the deep water? Like horses in the wilderness, they didn’t stumble. 14Like animals going down into a valley, they were given rest by the Lord’s Spirit. In this way you guided your people to make an honored name for yourself. Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling. Where is your determination and might? Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion? Don’t hold back. 16You are our Father. Even though Abraham doesn’t know us and Israel doesn’t pay attention to us, O Lord, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting. 17O Lord, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to fear you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.
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הַבֵּ֤ט מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִזְּבֻ֥ל קָדְשְׁךָ֖ וְתִפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָ אַיֵּ֤ה קִנְאָֽתְךָ֙ וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָ הֲמ֥וֹן מֵעֶ֛יךָ וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ אֵלַ֥י הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Look downנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
- from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- from the habitationזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073
- of thy holinessקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- and of thy gloryתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
- thy zealקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
- and thy strengthגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
- the soundingהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
- of thy bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
- and of thy merciesרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
- toward me? are they restrainedאָפַק'âphaq · to refrainH662
Cross-references for Isaiah 63:15
- Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from your holy place in heaven. Bless your people Israel and the land flowing with milk and honey that you have given us, as you promised with an oath to our ancestors.”
- Psalms 33:14From the place where he sits enthroned, he looks down upon all who live on earth.
- Psalms 80:14O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine.
- Psalms 102:19“The Lord looked down from his holy place high above. From heaven he looked at the earth.
- Lamentations 3:50until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
- Isaiah 57:15The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?
- 1 Kings 8:27“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
- 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the Levitical priests blessed the people. Their voices were heard, and their prayers went to God’s holy place in heaven.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God? He is seated on his high throne.
- Psalms 123:1I look up to you, to the one who sits enthroned in heaven.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab into pieces and stab the serpent?
- Psalms 89:49Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? You swore an oath to David on ⌞the basis of⌟ your faithfulness.
- Isaiah 63:9In all their troubles he was troubled, and he was the Messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed them. He always held them and carried them in the past.
- Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers may forget, I will not forget you.
- Psalms 25:6Remember, O Lord, your compassionate and merciful deeds. They have existed from eternity.
Commentaries on Isaiah 63:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And thy strength "And thy mighty power" - For גבורתיך geburotheycha, plural, thirty-two MSS. (seven ancient) and twenty-one of De Rossi's, and seven editions, have גבורתך geburathecha, singular. Are they restrained? - For אלי elai, from (or in regard to) me, the Septuagint and Syriac read אלינו eleynu, from us. - L.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Look down from heaven - This commences an earnest appeal that God would have mercy on them in their present calamities and trials. They entreat him to remember his former mercies, and to return and bless them, as he had done in ancient times. And behold from the habitation - (See the notes at Isaiah 57:15). Where is thy zeal - That is, thy former zeal for thy people; where is now the proof of the interest for their welfare which was vouchsafed in times…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. 15-19The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Here begins a fervent appeal to God to pity Israel now on the ground of His former benefits. habitation of ... holiness--(Is 57:15; De 26:15; 2Ch 30:27; Psa 33:14; 80:14). zeal ... strength--evinced formerly for Thy people. sounding of ... bowels--Thine emotions of compassion (Is 16:11; Jr 31:20; 48:36; Ho 11:8).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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