Isaiah 63:17–19
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wandert from your ways
and harden our heartsu so we do not reverev you?
Returnw for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.x
18 For a little whiley your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampledz down your sanctuary.a
but you have not ruled over them,
Isaiah 63:17–19 — English Standard Version (ESV)
17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
18 Your holy people held possession for a little while;
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways,
And hardened our heart from thy fear?
Return for thy servants’ sake,
The tribes of thine inheritance.
18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:
Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them;
They were not called by thy name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.
18 How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place,
and now our enemies have destroyed it.
19 Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 O Lord, why have You made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
18 Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 Lord, why are you making us wander from your ways?
Why do you make us stubborn so that we don’t honor you?
For our sake come back to us,
your servants, who belong to you.
18 Your people had your Temple for a while,
but now our enemies have walked on your holy place and crushed it.
19 We have become like people you never ruled over,
like those who have never worn your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 Thy holy people have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We have become like those over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 O Lord, why do you let us wander from your ways
and become so stubborn that we are unable to fear you?
Return for the sake of your servants.
They are the tribes that belong to you.
18 Your holy people possessed the land for a little while.
Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.
19 We have become like those whom you never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people had a possession
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those You never ruled over,
like those not called by Your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 Why, O Lord, do you make us stray from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
18 Your holy people took possession for a little while;
but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We have long been like those whom you do not rule,
like those not called by your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 Why do you make us wander from your ways, Yahweh?
You harden our heart so that we do not fear you.
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your inheritance.
18 Your holy people took possession for a little while;
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We have been since antiquity; you did not rule them;
they were not called by your name.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?
Why do you let us become so stubborn
that we don’t respect you?
Come back and help us.
We are the tribes that belong to you.
18 For a little while your holy people possessed the land.
But now our enemies have torn your temple down.
19 We are like people you never ruled over.
We are like those who don’t belong to you.
Isaiah 63:17–19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 Why, O Lord, do You cause us to stray from Your ways
And harden our heart from fearing You?
Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have trodden it down.
19 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.