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

17Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance! 18For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary. We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them, they were not your subjects.

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 79:6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!
• Psalms 135:4Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
• Jeremiah 10:25Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.
• Acts 14:16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,
• Romans 9:4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
• Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• Isaiah 65:1“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.
• Amos 9:12As a result they will conquer those left in Edom and all the nations subject to my rule.” The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking!
• Acts 15:17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ 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