Isaiah 63:19

Modern

We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.

Traditional

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

Literal

From of old we have been You had not ruled over them, those not called by Your name.

Latin

Facti sumus quasi in principio, cum non dominareris nostri, neque invocaretur nomen tuum super nos.

Hebrew

English

We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.

Israel was constantly turning from God and then being punished by him.

The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.

Theme notes and profiles

Romans 9:4
…the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Psalm 135:4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
Acts 14:16
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
Psalm 79:6
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
Acts 15:17
…so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
Isaiah 65:1
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
Amos 9:12
…that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
Ephesians 2:12
…remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.