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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• ²⁷Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. (2 Chron. 30:27)

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or, multitude.

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:20)

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Hos. 11:8• ⁸How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine 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 heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. (Deut. 26:15)

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

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Psa. 80:14• ¹⁴Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, 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 heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (Psa. 102:19‑20)

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Lam. 3:50• ⁵⁰Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven. (Lam. 3:50)

the habitation.

Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 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 the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where 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 heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? (1 Kings 8:27)

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2 Chron. 30:27• ²⁷Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. (2 Chron. 30:27)

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Psa. 113:5‑6• ⁵Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
⁶Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! (Psa. 113:5‑6)

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Psa. 123:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Unto thee lift I 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 the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
¹⁰Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (Isa. 51:9‑10)

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Psa. 89:49• ⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? (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 bare 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? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. (Isa. 49:15)

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Psa. 25:6• ⁶Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. (Psa. 25:6)

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Psa. 25• (Psa. 25)

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:20)

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

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Luke 1• (Luke 1)

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

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth 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 favorable no more?
⁸Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? 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.