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Isa. 63:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitationq of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the δsounding of thy bowelss and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

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2 Chron. 30:27• ²⁷And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens. (2 Chron. 30:27)

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or, multitude.

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)

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Hos. 11:8• ⁸How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)

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Deut. 26:15• ¹⁵Look down from thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the land that thou hast given us as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey! (Deut. 26:15)

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Psa. 33:14• ¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth; (Psa. 33:14)

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Psa. 80:14• ¹⁴O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine; (Psa. 80:14)

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Psa. 102:19‑20• ¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,
²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; (Psa. 102:19‑20)

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Lam. 3:50• ⁵⁰till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens. (Lam. 3:50)

the habitation.

Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 66:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)

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1 Kings 8:27• ²⁷But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:27)

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2 Chron. 30:27• ²⁷And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens. (2 Chron. 30:27)

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Psa. 113:5‑6• ⁵Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;
⁶Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth? (Psa. 113:5‑6)

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Psa. 123:1• ¹A Song of degrees. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)

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Isa. 51:9‑10• ⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, as in the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, and pierced the monster?
¹⁰Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? (Isa. 51:9‑10)

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Psa. 89:49• ⁴⁹Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? (Psa. 89:49)

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or, multitude.

thy bowels.

Isa. 63:9• ⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)

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Isa. 49:15• ¹⁵Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee. (Isa. 49:15)

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Psa. 25:6• ⁶Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting. (Psa. 25:6)

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Psa. 25• (Psa. 25)

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)

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Hos. 11:8• ⁸How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Luke 1• (Luke 1)

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Phil. 2:1• ¹If then there be any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and compassions, (Phil. 2:1)

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? (1 John 3:17)

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Psa. 77:7‑9• ⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
⁸Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?
⁹Hath *God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:7‑9)

• Isaiah was conscious however that he could appeal to God on another ground than the law. So, having mentioned Moses in verse 11, in the closing verses of the chapter he makes a further appeal to God on the ground of their connection with Abraham, with whom was made the original covenant of promise. (“Isaiah 63” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glorya! Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy tender mercies? Are they restrained toward me?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "beauty," as Ps. 96.6.