Isaiah 63 · Verse 19

Isaiah 63:19

We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Isaiah 63:19, King James Version

Isaiah 63:19 in other translations

BSBWe have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
WEBWe have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.
ASVWe are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
YLTWe have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!
DARBYWe have become like those over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name.
BBEWe have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.
WebsterWe are thine: thou never didst bear rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

What does Isaiah 63:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. thine ... never--rather, "We are Thine from of old; Thou barest not rule over them" [Barnes]. Lowth translates, "We for long have been as those over whom Thou hast not ruled, who are not called by Thy name"; "for long" thus stands in contrast to "but a little while" (Is 63:18). But the analogy of Is 63:18 makes it likely that the first clause in this verse refers to the Jews, and the second to their foes, as English Version and Barnes translate it. The Jews' foes are aliens who have unjustly intruded into the Lord's heritage.

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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…

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Isaiah 63:19 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.

הָיִ֗ינוּha.Yi.nuwe have beenH1961
מֵֽעוֹלָם֙me.'o.Lamfrom long agoH5769
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
מָשַׁ֣לְתָּma.Shal.tayou ruledH4910
בָּ֔םBamover them
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
נִקְרָ֥אnik.Ra'it was calledH7121
שִׁמְךָ֖shim.Khaname yourH8034
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 63:19

  • Romans 9:4

    Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

  • Psalms 135:4

    For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  • Acts 14:16

    Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

  • Isaiah 65:1

    I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  • Ephesians 2:12

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  • Acts 15:17

    That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

  • Amos 9:12

    That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
are thine.
Ps 79:6; 135:4; Jer 10:25; Ac 14:16; Ro 9:4; Eph 2:12
they were not called by thy name. or, thy name was notcalled upon them.
65:1; Am 9:12; Ac 15:17

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Context

  • Isaiah 63:18

    The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

  • Isaiah 63:19

    We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

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Isaiah 63:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hemos venido á ser como aquellos de quienes nunca te enseñoreaste, sobre los cuales nunca fué llamado tu nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Nous sommes comme ceux sur lesquels tu n’as jamais dominé, qui ne sont pas appelés de ton nom. Oh! si tu fendais les cieux! Si tu voulais descendre, et que devant toi les montagnes se fondent, –
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wir sind zu solchen geworden, über die du von alters her nicht geherrscht hast, die nicht genannt gewesen sind nach deinem Namen." -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Facti sumus quasi in principio, cum non dominareris nostri, neque invocaretur nomen tuum super nos.