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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• 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God 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 the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. (Isa. 62:12)
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Ex. 19:4‑6• 4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:4‑6)
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Deut. 7:6• 6For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 7:6)
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Deut. 26:19• 19And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. (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 wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. (Dan. 8:24)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous 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 burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
 12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? 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 feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place 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 pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, 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! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. (Lam. 4:1)
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Matt. 24:2• 2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. (Matt. 24:2)
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Rev. 11:2• 2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and 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.