Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses Yahweh immediately after describing His Spirit's guidance and the people's rest, questioning His apparent withdrawal from their cause.

The words — הַבֵּ֤ט (ha.Bet) means "look" and אַיֵּ֤ה ('ai.Yeh) means "where?".

The thread — The plea to "look down from heaven" echoes Deuteronomy 26:15 and Psalm 80:14, where similar calls for divine attention precede requests for blessing or restoration.

Why it lands — The text demands honest confrontation with perceived divine silence, requiring the reader to voice lament before receiving the affirmation that God remains Father and Redeemer.

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The Hebrew words

הַבֵּ֤טha.Betlook מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙mi./sha.Ma.yimfrom/ heaven וּרְאֵ֔הu./re.'Ehand/ see מִזְּבֻ֥לmi./ze.Vulfrom/ [the] lofty abode of קָדְשְׁךָ֖kod.she./chaholiness/ your וְתִפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָve./tif.'ar.Te./khaand/ splendor/ your אַיֵּ֤ה'ai.Yehwhere?קִנְאָֽתְךָ֙kin.'a.te./Cha[are] zeal/ your וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָu./ge.Vu.ro.Te./khaand/ mighty deeds/ your הֲמ֥וֹןha.Mon[the] tumult of מֵעֶ֛יךָme.'Ei./khainward parts/ your וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָve./ra.cha.Mei./khaand/ compassion<s>/ your אֵלַ֥י'e.La/ito/ me הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃hit.'a.Pa.kuthey have restrained themselves

King James Version

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 of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 26:15 Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Psalms 80:14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Psalms 123:1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
Psalms 33:14 From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
Philippians 2:1 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.