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Isaiah 63:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. "
Isaiah 63:18
Verse in Context
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Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
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.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
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Isaiah 63:1
"Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
Isaiah 63:2
"Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?"
Isaiah 63:3
"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment."
Isaiah 63:4
"For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come."
Isaiah 63:5
"And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld"
Isaiah 63:6
"And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth."
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