Isaiah 63:15

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

13Who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble. 14Like cattle that go down into a valley, the Ruach Adonai gave them rest. So You led Your people, to make Yourself a glorious Name. Look down from heaven and see from Your holy, glorious, lofty abode. Where are Your zeal and mighty deeds? Are the yearnings of Your heart, Your compassions, withheld from me? 16For You are our Father— even if Abraham would not know us or Israel not recognize us. You, Adonai, are our Father, our Redeemer— from everlasting is Your Name. 17Adonai, why do You cause us to stray from Your ways, and harden our heart from fearing You? Return for Your servants’ sake, the tribes of Your heritage.

Isaiah 63:15 word by word

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 dwelling place, from the heavens and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
• Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth—
• Psalms 80:14A boar from the forest ravages it, whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
• Psalms 102:19Let it be written for a generation to come, that a people to be created may praise Adonai.
• Lamentations 3:50until Adonai looks down from heaven and sees.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isaiah 66:1Thus says Adonai: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the House you would build for Me? Where is the place of My rest?
• 1 Kings 8:27So will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You! How much less this House that I have built!
• 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the Levitical kohanim arose and blessed the people, and Adonai heard their voice, for their prayer reached heaven, His holy dwelling place.
• Psalms 113:5Who is like Adonai our God, enthroned on high,
• Psalms 123:1A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes— You enthroned in the heavens.
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
• Psalms 89:49What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver himself from the clutches of Sheol? Selah
• Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction He was afflicted. So the angel of His presence saved them. In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, then He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
• Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing baby or lack compassion for a child of her womb? Even if these forget, I will not forget you.
• Psalms 25:6Remember, Adonai, Your compassions and Your mercies— for they are 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

Topics related to Isaiah 63:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Heaven

In the dictionaries

• Apparel
• Mention
• Compassion
• Father's House, Fathers' House
• Isaiah
• Omnipresence
• Prayer
• Saviour
• Sound
• zeal, zealous

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