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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 its carvings together they strike down with hatchets and hammers.
 7They have set on fire thy sanctuary;{HR}To the ground they have profaned the tabernacle of thy name.
 8They said in their heart,{HR}Let us destroy them together.{HR}They have burnt 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, Sought out, A 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.
 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 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• 19and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto Jehovah 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 practice and destroy the mighty and the holy people. (Dan. 8:24)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto 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 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 ruins,{HR}Every evil the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
 4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thy place of assembly:{HR}They have set their signs [for] signs.
 5One was known as raising up axes on the thicket of trees:
 6And now its carvings together they strike down with hatchets and hammers.
 7They have set on fire thy sanctuary;{HR}To the ground they have profaned the tabernacle of thy name. (Psa. 74:3‑7)
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Lam. 1:10• 10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:{HR}For she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary,{HR}Whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. (Lam. 1:10)
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Lam. 4:1• 1How the gold is become dim! the most fine gold is changed!{HR}The sacred stones are thrown down at the top of every street! (Lam. 4:1)
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Matt. 24:2• 2But he answered and said to them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be in anywise left here on a stone, which shall not be thrown down. (Matt. 24:2)
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Rev. 11:2• 2And the court that is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.