Isaiah 63:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

The foregoing praises were intended as an introduction to this prayer, which is continued to the end of the next chapter, and it is an affectionate, importunate, pleading prayer. It is calculated for the time of the captivity. As they had promises, so they had prayers, prepared for them against that time of need, that they might take with them words in turning to the Lord, and say unto him what he himself taught them to say, in which they might the better hope to prevail, the words being of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven ,.... Here begins the prayer of the church and people of God, which continues to the end of the chapter, goes through the next, and the answer to which begins at Isaiah 65:1 . Aben Ezra calls it the prayer of the wise in captivity: it seems to be the petition of some converts among the Jews, either in the first times of the Gospel, or in the latter day; who entreat that the Lord would "look down from heaven", the third heaven, the seat of his majesty, where is his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:15

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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven (comp. Deuteronomy 26:15 ; Psalms 80:14 ; 2 Kings 8:1-29 :30). "The Lord's seat" was "in heaven." While the temple lay in ruins, the Jews would naturally address their prayers to God in his heavenly abode. From the habitation of thy holiness . Mr. Cheyne translates, from the height of thy holiness," taking the meaning of the rare word z'bul from the Assyrian. "Height" certainly suits well most of the other places where the word z'bul occurs ( 1 Kings 8:13... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-17

The unvarying Father. The habitation of God's holiness is the habitation of his glory; his glory is in his goodness, in his faithfulness ( Exodus 33:19 ). His fatherhood of man remains and may be counted upon most confidently, although there may appear great obstacles in the way of it. I. OUR INSIGNIFICANCE AMONG MEN is no indication of the absence of God's interest in us. Abraham might be ignorant of any one of his children; our illustrious ancestors, our honoured... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM SIN AND SUFFERING . From thanksgiving and confession, the people betake themselves to prayer, and beseech God to look down from heaven once more, to have compassion on them, to acknowledge them, and to save them alike from themselves ( Isaiah 63:17 ) and from their adversaries ( Isaiah 63:18 , Isaiah 63:19 ). "It is difficult to overrate the spiritual beauty of the prayer contained in this passage. We may admit that the most prominent motive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

The right of God's people to address him with complaint and expostulation. No doubt the ordinary attitude of God's people towards their Maker and Ruler should be one of the most profound resignation and submission to his will. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" ( Genesis 18:25 ). Yet on occasions it is allowed them to "speak with him as a man speaketh with his friend" ( Exodus 33:11 ), to plead, expostulate, complain; even, in a certain sense, to reproach. Job pleaded with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

The Church's prayer. One of extreme "spiritual beauty" (Cheyne). I. THE MAJESTY OF GOD . He is contemplated as in heaven, upon "a height of holiness and splendour:" and here, as in Psalms 80:14 , is besought to "look down and behold" as if "he had given up caring for his people, and withdrawn into his heavenly palace." It expresses the thought that he , to interpose for them, must ever condescend. The vastness of the distance between God and the creature is expressed—in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven - This commences an earnest appeal that God would have mercy on them in their present calamities and trials. They entreat him to remember his former mercies, and to return and bless them, as he had done in ancient times.And behold from the habitation - (See the notes at Isaiah 57:15).Where is thy zeal - That is, thy former zeal for thy people; where is now the proof of the interest for their welfare which was vouchsafed in times that are past.And thy strength - The might... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:15-19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 63:15

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

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