Isaiah 63 · Verse 11

Isaiah 63:11

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Isaiah 63:11, King James Version

Isaiah 63:11 in other translations

BSBThen His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
WEBThen he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”
ASVThen he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
YLTAnd He remembereth the days of old, Moses--his people. Where is He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where is He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit?
DARBYBut he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him,
BBEThen the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,
WebsterThen he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

What does Isaiah 63:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. remembered--Notwithstanding their perversity, He forgot not His covenant of old; therefore He did not wholly forsake them (Le 26:40-42, 44, 45; Psa 106:45, 46); the Jews make this their plea with God, that He should not now forsake them. saying--God is represented, in human language, mentally speaking of Himself and His former acts of love to Israel, as His ground for pitying them notwithstanding their rebellion. sea--Red Sea. shepherd--Moses; or if the Hebrew be read plural, "shepherds," Moses, Aaron, and the other leaders (so Psa 77:20). put ... Spirit ... within him--Hebrew, "in the inward parts of him," that is, Moses; or it refers to the flock, "in the midst of his people" (Nu 11:17, 25; Ne 9:20; Hag 2:5).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Moses and his people "Moses his servant" - For עמו ammo, his people, two MSS. (one of them ancient) and one of my own, (ancient), and one of De Rossi's, and the old edition of 1488, and the Syriac, read עבדו abdo, his servant. These two words have been mistaken one for the other in other places; Psa 78:71, and Psa 80:5, for עמו ammo, his people, and עמך ammecha, thy people, the Septuagint read עבדו abdo, his servant, and עבדך abdecha, thy servant. Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where etc. "How he brought them up from the sea, with the shepherd of his flock; how," etc. - For איה aiyeh, how, interrogative, twice, the Syriac Version reads איך eich, how, without interrogation, as that particle is used in the Syriac language, and sometimes in the Hebrew. See Rut 3:18; Ecc 2:16. The shepherd of his flock - That is, Moses. The MSS. and editions vary in this word; some have it רעה roeh, in the singular number; so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee. Others רעי roey, plural, the shepherds. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 63:7-14

The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of…

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Isaiah 63:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּזְכֹּ֥רvai.yiz.Korand it rememberedH2142
יְמֵֽי\־ye.mei-[the] days ofH3117
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamantiquityH5769
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMosesH4872
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
אַיֵּ֣ה\׀'ai.Yehwhere?H346
הַֽמַּעֲלֵ֣םha.ma.'a.Lem[is] who brought up themH5927
מִיָּ֗םmi.Yamfrom [the] seaH3220
אֵ֚ת'etwithH854
רֹעֵ֣יro.'Ei[the] shepherds ofH7462
צֹאנ֔וֹtzo.Noflock hisH6629
אַיֵּ֛ה'ai.Yehwhere?H346
הַשָּׂ֥םha.Sam[is] the [one who] putH7760
בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹbe.kir.Boin midst itsH7130
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
ר֥וּחַRu.ach[the] spirit ofH7307
קָדְשֽׁוֹ\׃ka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944

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Cross references for Isaiah 63:11

  • Numbers 11:17

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  • Psalms 77:20

    Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Exodus 14:22

    And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Haggai 2:5

    According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

  • Numbers 11:25

    And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

  • Zechariah 4:6

    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Luke 1:54-55

    He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

  • Numbers 11:29

    And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!

  • Psalms 25:6

    Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

  • Psalms 143:5

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  • Daniel 4:8

    But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

  • Leviticus 26:40-45

    If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he remembered.
Le 26:40-45; De 4:30,31; Ps 25:6; 77:5-11; 89:47-50; 143:5
Lu 1:54,55
Where is he that brought.
15; 51:9,10; Ex 14:30; 32:11,12; Nu 14:13,14-25; Jer 2:6
shepherd. or, shepherds.
Ps 77:20
where is he that put.
Nu 11:17,25,29; Ne 9:20; Da 4:8; Hag 2:5; Zec 4:6

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Context

  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  • Isaiah 63:11

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

  • Isaiah 63:12

    That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

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Isaiah 63:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero acordóse de los días antiguos, de Moisés y de su pueblo, diciendo: ¿Dónde está el que les hizo subir de la mar con el pastor de su rebaño? ¿dónde el que puso en medio de él su espíritu santo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais il se souvint des jours d’autrefois, de Moïse, de son peuple: Où est celui qui les fit monter de la mer, avec les bergers de son troupeau? Où est celui qui mit l’Esprit de sa sainteté au-dedans de lui,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da gedachte sein Volk der Tage vor alters, der Tage Moses: "Wo ist der, welcher sie aus dem Meere heraufführte samt den Hirten seiner Herde? Wo ist der, welcher seinen heiligen Geist in ihre Mitte gab;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et recordatus est dierum sæculi Moysi, et populi sui. Ubi est qui eduxit eos de mari cum pastoribus gregis sui? Ubi est qui posuit in medio ejus spiritum Sancti sui;