God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 63:19
19We have become like those whom you 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.
- 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
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. 18Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place. We have become like those whom you 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 63:19
- Psalms 79:6Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you.
- Psalms 135:4The Lord chose Jacob to be his own and chose Israel to be his own special treasure.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.
- Acts 14:16In the past God allowed all people to live as they pleased.
- Romans 9:4They are Israelites, God’s adopted children. They have the Lord’s glory, the pledges, Moses’ Teachings, the true worship, and the promises.
- Ephesians 2:12Also, at that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from citizenship in Israel, and the pledges ⌞God made in his⌟ promise were foreign to you. You had no hope and were in the world without God.
- Isaiah 65:1I was ready to answer those who didn’t ask. I was found by those who weren’t looking for me. I said, “Here I am! Here I am!” to a nation that didn’t worship me.
- Amos 9:12They will capture the few survivors of Edom and all the other nations that were under my authority, declares the Lord, who will do these things.
- Acts 15:17so that the survivors and all the people who aren’t Jewish over whom my name is spoken, may search for the Lord, declares the Lord.
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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