Isaiah

Isaiah 63:17–19

17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways

and harden our hearts from fearing You?

Return, for the sake of Your servants,

the tribes of Your heritage.

18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place,

but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

19We have become like those You never ruled,

like those not called by Your name.

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Isaiah 63:17

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whyלָ֣מָּהlām·māhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
O LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
do You make us strayתַתְעֵ֤נוּṯaṯ·‘ê·nūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common pluralH8582 err
from Your waysמִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָmid·də·rā·ḵe·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singularH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
hardenתַּקְשִׁ֥יחַtaq·šî·aḥVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH7188 make hard
our heartsלִבֵּ֖נוּlib·bê·nūNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common pluralH3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
from fearing Youמִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָmî·yir·’ā·ṯe·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH3374 fear
Returnשׁ֚וּבšûb̲Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH7725 turn back, return
for the sakeלְמַ֣עַןlə·ma·‘anPrepositionH4616 purpose, intent
of Your servantsעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵāNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH5650 slave, servant
the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֖יšiḇ·ṭêNoun - masculine plural constructH7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
of Your heritageנַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃na·ḥă·lā·ṯe·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH5159 possession, property, inheritance

Isaiah 63:18

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
For a short whileלַמִּצְעָ֕רlam·miṣ·‘ārPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4705 a small thing
Your peopleעַם־‘am-Noun - masculine singular constructH5971 people
possessedיָרְשׁ֖וּyā·rə·šūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
Your holy placeקָדְשֶׁ֑ךָqāḏ·še·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH6944 sacred, sanctity
but our enemiesצָרֵ֕ינוּṣā·rê·nūNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common pluralH6862 narrow, tight
have trampledבּוֹסְס֖וּbō·ws·sūVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralH947 tread down, trample
Your sanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ׃miq·dā·še·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH4720 sacred place, sanctuary

Isaiah 63:19

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
We have becomeהָיִ֗ינוּhā·yî·nūVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like those You neverמֵֽעוֹלָם֙mê·‘ō·w·lāmPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
ruledמָשַׁ֣לְתָּmā·šal·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH4910 rule, have dominion, reign
like those notלֹֽא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
calledנִקְרָ֥אniq·rāVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
by Your nameשִׁמְךָ֖šim·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH8034 name

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 63:17 Isaiah 6:10 · Joshua 11:20 · Ezekiel 14:7–9 · Deuteronomy 2:30 · Isaiah 29:13 · John 12:40 · Numbers 10:36 · Psalm 90:13

Isaiah 63:18 Psalm 74:3–7

Isaiah 63:19 Romans 9:4 · Psalm 79:6 · Acts 14:16 · Psalm 135:4 · Amos 9:12 · Isaiah 65:1 · Acts 15:17 · Ephesians 2:12 · Jeremiah 10:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.