Isaiah 63 · Verse 15

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Isaiah 63:15, King James Version

Isaiah 63:15 in other translations

BSBLook down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
WEBLook down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
ASVLook down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
YLTLook attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where is Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.
DARBYLook down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory! Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy tender mercies? Are they restrained toward me?
BBELet your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
WebsterLook down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies towards me? are they restrained?

What does Isaiah 63:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. Here begins a fervent appeal to God to pity Israel now on the ground of His former benefits. habitation of ... holiness--(Is 57:15; De 26:15; 2Ch 30:27; Psa 33:14; 80:14). zeal ... strength--evinced formerly for Thy people. sounding of ... bowels--Thine emotions of compassion (Is 16:11; Jr 31:20; 48:36; Ho 11:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 And thy strength "And thy mighty power" - For גבורתיך geburotheycha, plural, thirty-two MSS. (seven ancient) and twenty-one of De Rossi's, and seven editions, have גבורתך geburathecha, singular. Are they restrained? - For אלי elai, from (or in regard to) me, the Septuagint and Syriac read אלינו eleynu, from us. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 63:15-19
They beseech him to look down on the abject condition of their once-favoured nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from their hearts, to return to the tribes of his inheritance? The Babylonish captivity, and the after-deliverance of the Jews, were shadows of the events here foretold. The Lord looks down upon us in tenderness and mercy. Spiritual judgments are more to be dreaded than any other calamities; and we should most carefully avoid those sins which justly provoke the Lord to leave men to themselves and to their deceiver. "Our Redeemer from everlasting" is thy name; thy people have always looked upon thee as the God to whom they might appeal. The Lord will hear the prayers of those who belong to him, and deliver them from those not called by his name.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 63:15 in the original Hebrew

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הַבֵּ֤טha.BetlookH5027
מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙mi.sha.Ma.yimfrom heavenH8064
וּרְאֵ֔הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200
מִזְּבֻ֥לmi.ze.Vulfrom [the] lofty abode ofH2073
קָדְשְׁךָ֖kod.she.chaholiness yourH6944
וְתִפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָve.tif.'ar.Te.khaand splendor yourH8597
אַיֵּ֤ה'ai.Yehwhere?H346
קִנְאָֽתְךָ֙kin.'a.te.Cha[are] zeal yourH7068
וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָu.ge.Vu.ro.Te.khaand mighty deeds yourH1369
הֲמ֥וֹןha.Mon[the] tumult ofH1995
מֵעֶ֛יךָme.'Ei.khainward parts yourH4578
וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָve.ra.cha.Mei.khaand compassion<s> yourH7356
אֵלַ֥י'e.Laito meH413
הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ\׃hit.'a.Pa.kuthey have restrained themselvesH662

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Cross references for Isaiah 63:15

  • Deuteronomy 26:15

    Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

  • Jeremiah 31:20

    Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 80:14

    Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

  • Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • Psalms 123:1

    A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

  • Psalms 33:14

    From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • 1 John 3:17

    But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  • Philippians 2:1

    If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  • Isaiah 59:17

    For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

  • Psalms 77:7-9

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • Lamentations 3:50

    Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
down.
De 26:15; Ps 33:14; 80:14; 102:19,20; La 3:50
the habitation.
57:15; 66:1; 1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 30:27; Ps 113:5,6; 123:1
where.
51:9,10; Ps 89:49
sounding. or, multitude. thy bowels.
9; 49:15; Ps 25:6; *marg:
Jer 31:20; Ho 11:8; Lu 1:78; *marg:
Php 2:1; 1Jo 3:17
Are.
Ps 77:7-9

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Context

  • Isaiah 63:14

    As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Isaiah 63:16

    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.

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Isaiah 63:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mira desde el cielo, y contempla desde la morada de tu santidad y de tu gloria: ¿dónde está tu celo, y tu fortaleza, la conmoción de tus entrañas y de tus miseraciones para conmigo? ¿hanse estrechado?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Regarde des cieux, et vois, de la demeure de ta sainteté et de ta magnificence! Où sont ta jalousie et ta puissance, le frémissement de tes entrailles et de tes compassions? Se retiennent-elles envers moi?
German
Elberfelder 1871
"Blicke vom Himmel herab und sieh, von der Wohnstätte deiner Heiligkeit und deiner Majestät! wo sind dein Eifer und deine Machttaten? Die Regung deines Innern und deine Erbarmungen halten sich gegen mich zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Attende de cælo, et vide de habitaculo sancto tuo, et gloriæ tuæ. Ubi est zelus tuus, et fortitudo tua, multitudo viscerum tuorum et miserationum tuarum? Super me continuerunt se.