Isaiah 63:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 63:17

A Prayer of Penitence

15 ^aLook down from heaven,
And see ^bfrom Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning ^cof Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?

16 ^aDoubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham ^bwas ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

17 O Lord, why have You ^amade us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.

18 ^aYour holy people have possessed it but a little while;
^bOur adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.

19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 63:17

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American Standard Version
O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Amplified® Bible
O Lord, why have You made us [able] to err from Your ways and hardened our hearts to [reverential] fear of You? Return [to bless us] for Your servants' sake, the tribes of Your heritage.

Contemporary English Version
Why did you make us turn away from you, our LORD? Why did you make us want to disobey you? Please change your mind! We are your servants, your very own people.

Darby English Version
Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Good News Bible
Why do you let us stray from your ways? Why do you make us so stubborn that we turn away from you? Come back, for the sake of those who serve you, for the sake of the people who have always been yours.

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And harden our heart from fearing You? Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

New International Version
Why, O 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.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And harden our heart from fearing You? Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

Revised Standard Version
O LORD, why dost thou make us err from thy ways and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.

Young's Literal Translation
Why causest Thou us to wander, O Jehovah, from Thy ways? Thou hardenest our heart from Thy fear, Turn back for Thy servants' sake, The tribes of Thine inheritance.

New English Translation
Why, Lord, do you make us stray¹ from your ways,² and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you?³ Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

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