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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:16

Good news concerning God. "Doubtless thou art our Father." The Jews were the children of God. But they had been for a long time so neglecting him that they had lost all the nearer and dearer thoughts of him; and imaged him to themselves through the bleared and blinded vision of their own indulgences, wickedness, and sin. He became to them only a God to be feared, in the sense of "frightened at." Then the prophet's message of a merciful God, fatherly still, recovering and saving even the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:17

Why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? Confession is here mingled with a kind of reproach. They have erred and strayed from God's ways, they ' allow; but why has he permitted it? Why has he, the shepherd of his flock ( Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 49:10 ), not restrained his wandering sheep, and kept them in his "ways "or "paths" ? The reproach borders on irreverence, but is kept within the limits of piety by the affection and trust that underlie it. They are like wayward children... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 63:16

Doubtless - Hebrew, כי kı̂y - ‘For;’ verily; surely. It implies the utmost confidence that he still retained the feelings of a tender father.Thou art our father - Notwithstanding appearances to the contrary, and though we should be disowned by all others, we will still believe that thou dost sustain the relation of a father. Though they saw no human aid, yet their confidence was unwavering that he had still tender compassion toward them.Though Abraham be ignorant of us - Abraham was the father... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 63:17

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? - Lowth and Noyes render this, ‘Why dost thou suffer us to wander from thy way?’ Calvin remarks on the passage, ‘The prophet uses a common form of speaking, for it is usual in the Scriptures to say that God gives the wicked over to a reprobate mind, and hardens their hearts. But when the pious thus speak, they do not intend to make God the author of error or sin, as if they were innocent - nolunt Deum erroris aut sceleris facere auctorem,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 63:15-16

Isaiah 63:15-16. Look down from heaven In this excellent and pious prayer of the first-fruits of the converted Jews, in which they entreat God, for his grace and mercy, to behold them with an eye of compassion, they argue both from the goodness of his nature, and from the greatness of the works which he had formerly done for them. God sees everywhere and every thing; but he is said to look down from heaven, because there is his throne, whereon he reigns in majesty. Behold, &c. Not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 63:17-19

Isaiah 63:17-19. O Lord, why hast thou made us to err Suffered us to err; from thy ways Thy commandments. And hardened our heart from thy fear That is, the fear of thee? Why hast thou withdrawn thy grace, and left us to our own hardness of heart? See on Isaiah 6:10. Return for thy servants’ sake Be reconciled to us for the sake of our godly progenitors, Abraham, Isaac, &c.; namely, for the sake of thy promises made to them; or rather, for our sakes, that little remnant who are thy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-19

A prayer for Israel (63:7-64:12)The prophet’s prayer for God’s suffering people begins by recalling God’s great acts of love in the past (7). Because Israel was his people, God saved them from slavery in Egypt, though when they rebelled against him, they were punished (8-10). Nevertheless, God forgave them. Therefore, asks the prophet, could not this God of mercy and love, who has done such great things for Israel in the past, also save his people from captivity in Babylon now (11-14)?It seems... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 63:16

Thou art our Father. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:6 ). Father. A rare word in this connection. Compare Isaiah 64:8 . Redeemer. See note on Isaiah 60:16 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 63:17

made us = suffered us. hardened = let us harden. Return. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:36 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 63:17

"O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servant's sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. Thy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name."The judicial hardening of Israel announced in Isaiah 6:9,10, at this time, "had been going on ever since."[23] And from the appearance of Isaiah... read more