Isaiah 63:17

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.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Made us - Suffered us to err. Hardened - Suffered it to be hardened. Thy fear - The fear of thee. Servants sake - For our sakes, that little remnant that are thy servants. Inheritance - The land of Canaan, which God gave them as an inheritance.

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