New Living Translation
Isaiah 63:17
17Lord, 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.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Isaiah 63:17
15Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now? 16Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past. 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. 18How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it. 19Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.
Read all of Isaiah 63Isaiah 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 119:10I have tried hard to find you— don’t let me wander from your commands.
- Psalms 141:4Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.
- Ezekiel 14:7I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.
- Isaiah 6:10Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.”
- Deuteronomy 2:30“But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the Lord your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.
- Joshua 11:20For the Lord hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- John 12:40“The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts— so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”
- Romans 9:18So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
- Numbers 10:36And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel!”
- Psalms 74:1O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
- Psalms 80:14Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
- Psalms 90:13O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!
- Zechariah 1:12Upon hearing this, the angel of the Lord prayed this prayer: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”
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
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