Revised Literal Translation
Isaiah 63:15
15Look 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?1
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
13That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of Yhwh caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 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? 16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Yhwh, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17O Yhwh, 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.
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הַבֵּ֤ט מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִזְּבֻ֥ל קָדְשְׁךָ֖ וְתִפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָ אַיֵּ֤ה קִנְאָֽתְךָ֙ וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָ הֲמ֥וֹן מֵעֶ֛יךָ וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ אֵלַ֥י הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃Read the interlinear
- 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 thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Psalms 33:14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Psalms 80:14Return, we beseech thee, O God of Armies: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- Psalms 102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did Yhwh behold the earth;
- Lamentations 3:50Till Yhwh look down, and behold from heaven.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Isaiah 66:1Thus saith Yhwh, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
- 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like unto Yhwh our God, who dwelleth on high,
- Psalms 123:1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yhwh; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not He that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
- Psalms 89:49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
- Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
- Psalms 25:6Remember, O Yhwh, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
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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- 1. Isaiah 63:15 the sounding: or, the multitude. ↩
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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