Isaiah 63:15

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“Look 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.”

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BSBPD

“Look 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Look 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where <FI>is<Fi> Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 63:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
  2. 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
  4. Psalms 25:6Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
  5. Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
  6. Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  7. Psalms 77:10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
  8. Psalms 80:14Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
  9. Psalms 80:15the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
  10. Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
  11. Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
  12. Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
  13. Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  14. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  15. Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
  16. Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
  17. Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  18. Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  19. Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  20. Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  21. Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  22. Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
  23. Lamentations 3:50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
  24. Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

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