Isaiah 63:15 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

BSB

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ASV

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 15) Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious habitation. Where is your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. LXX: Return from heaven and see, from your holy dwelling and your glory. Where is your zeal and your might? Where is the multitude of your mercies and the compassions you have shown us?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Look down from heaven,.... Here begins the prayer of the church and people of God, which continues to the end of the chapter, goes through the next, and the answer to which begins at Isa 65:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

God sees everywhere, and every thing, but he is said to look down from heaven, because there is his throne whereon he sits in majesty. Behold - Not barely see, but behold with regard, and respect thy poor people. Where - What is become of that love, which of old would not let thee suffer thy people to be wronged?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Look 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 Isa 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 that are past.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַבֵּ֤ט	ha.Bet	look	H5027 →
מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙	mi.sha.Ma.yim	from heaven	H8064 →
וּרְאֵ֔ה	u.re.'Eh	and see	H7200 →
מִזְּבֻ֥ל	mi.ze.Vul	from [the] lofty abode of	H2073 →
קָדְשְׁךָ֖	kod.she.cha	holiness your	H6944 →
וְתִפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָ	ve.tif.'ar.Te.kha	and splendor your	H8597 →
אַיֵּ֤ה	'ai.Yeh	where?	H346 →
קִנְאָֽתְךָ֙	kin.'a.te.Cha	[are] zeal your	H7068 →
וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָ	u.ge.Vu.ro.Te.kha	and mighty deeds your	H1369 →
הֲמ֥וֹן	ha.Mon	[the] tumult of	H1995 →
מֵעֶ֛יךָ	me.'Ei.kha	inward parts your	H4578 →
וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ	ve.ra.cha.Mei.kha	and compassion<s> your	H7356 →
אֵלַ֥י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃	hit.'a.Pa.ku	they have restrained themselves	H662 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 123:1
I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
leads to
- Psalms 121:1
  I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 141:8
  But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- Psalms 25:15
  My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- Psalms 2:4
  The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Luke 18:13
  But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Through
Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:20
  Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares…
- Matthew 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
Through
Jeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares…
leads to
- Isaiah 55:7
  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Isaiah