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Isaiah 63

Isa. 63:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of thy holiness
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
have possessed
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
it but a little while
mits`ar (Hebrew #4705)
petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
KJV usage: little one (while), small.
Pronounce: mits-awr'
Origin: from 6819
: our adversaries
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
have trodden down
buwc (Hebrew #947)
to trample (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.
Pronounce: boos
Origin: a primitive root
w thy sanctuary
miqdash (Hebrew #4720)
from 6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
KJV usage: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Pronounce: mik-dawsh'
Origin: or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh'}
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Psa. 74:6‑8• 6And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
 7They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
 8They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all *God's places of assembly in the land. (Psa. 74:6‑8)

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Isa. 62:12• 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah; and thou shalt be called, The sought out, The city not forsaken. (Isa. 62:12)
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Ex. 19:4‑6• 4Ye have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, and how I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
 5And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:4‑6)
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Deut. 7:6• 6For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 7:6)
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Deut. 26:19• 19so that he should make thee high above all the nations which he hath made, in praise and in name and in honour; and that thou shouldest be a holy people to Jehovah thy God, as he hath said. (Deut. 26:19)
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Dan. 8:24• 24And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy marvellously, and shall prosper, and shall practise, and shall destroy the mighty ones, and the people of the saints. (Dan. 8:24)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)
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Isa. 64:11‑12• 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.
 12Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? (Isa. 64:11‑12)
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Psa. 74:3‑7• 3Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
 4Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs for signs.
 5A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
 6And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
 7They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground. (Psa. 74:3‑7)
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Lam. 1:10• 10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. (Lam. 1:10)
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Lam. 4:1• 1How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets! (Lam. 4:1)
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Matt. 24:2• 2And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down. (Matt. 24:2)
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Rev. 11:2• 2And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; because it has been given up to the nations, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months. (Rev. 11:2)
• It is remarkable how the prophet complains, in verse 18, not only of the brief occupation of the land of promise but also of the treading down of the sanctuary by the adversary. At the time of Isaiah’s prophecy, as recorded in the opening of the book, this had not actually taken place, though there had previously been defeats, as in the days of Rehoboam. It appears that Isaiah was given to see the end to which the people were drifting, and to appeal to God in the light of it. (“Isaiah 63” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy holy people have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.