Isaiah

Isaiah 63:17

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.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
O LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
do You make us stray	תַתְעֵ֤נוּ	ṯaṯ·‘ê·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common plural	H8582 err
from Your ways	מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ	mid·də·rā·ḵe·ḵā	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
harden	תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ	taq·šî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7188 make hard
our hearts	לִבֵּ֖נוּ	lib·bê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
from fearing You	מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ	mî·yir·’ā·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3374 fear
Return	שׁ֚וּב	šûb̲	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
for the sake	לְמַ֣עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Preposition	H4616 purpose, intent
of Your servants	עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
the tribes	שִׁבְטֵ֖י	šiḇ·ṭê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
of Your heritage	נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃	na·ḥă·lā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance

Cross-references

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

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.