Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding [1] of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Other Translations of Isaiah 63:15

New International Version

Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.

English Standard Version

Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautifulOr holy and glorious habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.

The Message

Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Look down from heaven, look at us! Look out the window of your holy and magnificent house! Whatever happened to your passion, your famous mighty acts, Your heartfelt pity, your compassion? Why are you holding back?

New King James Version

Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?

New Living Translation

Prayer for Mercy and Help

15 Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 63:15

Commentary on Isaiah 63:15-19

(Read Isaiah 63:15-19)

They beseech him to look down on the abject condition of their once-favoured nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from their hearts, to return to the tribes of his inheritance? The Babylonish captivity, and the after-deliverance of the Jews, were shadows of the events here foretold. The Lord looks down upon us in tenderness and mercy. Spiritual judgments are more to be dreaded than any other calamities; and we should most carefully avoid those sins which justly provoke the Lord to leave men to themselves and to their deceiver. "Our Redeemer from everlasting" is thy name; thy people have always looked upon thee as the God to whom they might appeal. The Lord will hear the prayers of those who belong to him, and deliver them from those not called by his name.