Isaiah 63:18 — Meaning and Application

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

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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. {our redeemer...: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name}

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. {they...: Heb. thy name was not called upon them}

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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. {glorious: Heb. decked}"

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 me."

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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