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Isaiah 63:18 For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
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our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/63.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/63.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The people of thy holiness have possessed <i>it</i> but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/63.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your holy people have possessed <i>it</i> but a little while; Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/63.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trampled <i>it</i> down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/63.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trodden it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/63.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thy holy people possessed Thy sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trodden <i>it</i> down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/63.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while; Our adversaries have trodden <i>it</i> down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/63.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for [only] a little while; Our adversaries have trampled it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/63.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people had a possession for a little while, but our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/63.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people had a possession for a little while, but our enemies have trampled down Your sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/63.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/63.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />For a little while, your temple belonged to us; and now our enemies have torn it down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/63.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/63.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/63.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We, your holy people, were driven out by our enemies for a little while; they trampled down your sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/63.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your holy people took possession for a little while, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/63.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/63.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/63.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/63.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/63.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/63.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For a little while Your holy people possessed, "" Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/63.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/63.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For a little While the people of thy holy place possessed it: our adversaries trod down thy holy place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/63.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They have possessed thy holy people as nothing: our enemies have trodden down thy sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/63.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They have possessed your holy people as if it were nothing. Our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/63.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why have the wicked invaded your holy place, why have our enemies trampled your sanctuary? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/63.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your holy people took possession for a little while; but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/63.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The people of thy holiness have possessed the land but a little while; our oppressors have trodden down thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/63.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A little one shall inherit the people of your holiness. Oppressors have trodden upon your holy place<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/63.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/63.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/63-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14015" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/63.htm">A Prayer for Mercy</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4705.htm" title="4705: lam·miṣ·‘ār (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- A small thing. From tsa'ar; petty; adverbially, a short.">For a short while</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am- (N-msc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: yā·rə·šū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">possessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qāḏ·še·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">Your holy place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣā·rê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">but our enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/947.htm" title="947: bō·ws·sū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To tread down, trample. A primitive root; to trample.">have trampled</a> <a href="/hebrew/4720.htm" title="4720: miq·dā·še·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sacred place, sanctuary. Or miqqdash; from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylum.">Your sanctuary.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Psalm 79:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Psalm 74:2-3</a></span><br />Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell. / Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-2.htm">Lamentations 5:2</a></span><br />Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7-9</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. / My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her. / Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Ezekiel 36:2</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-9.htm">Deuteronomy 32:9</a></span><br />But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">2 Kings 21:14</a></span><br />So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm">Nehemiah 9:36</a></span><br />So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Joel 3:2</a></span><br />I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a></span><br />And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a></span><br />In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.</p><p class="hdg">people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/62-12.htm">Isaiah 62:12</a></b></br> And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4-6</a></b></br> Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and <i>how</i> I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> 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 <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">our</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm">Isaiah 64:11,12</a></b></br> Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3-7</a></b></br> Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; <i>even</i> all <i>that</i> the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10</a></b></br> The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen <i>that</i> the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command <i>that</i> they should not enter into thy congregation.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-22.htm">Little</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-19.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-9.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Trodden</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Little</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-5.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-9.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-15.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-12.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Trodden</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 63</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Christ shows who he is</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">What his victory over his enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">And what his mercy toward his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">In his just wrath he remembers his free mercy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">The church, in her prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">And complaint, professes her faith</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, the Israelites entered the land under Joshua's leadership, and the temple was later established by Solomon. However, due to disobedience and idolatry, their hold on the land and the temple was often disrupted. This temporary possession can be seen as a consequence of the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings were contingent upon obedience (Deuteronomy 28). The "holy place" refers to the temple, a central symbol of God's presence among His people. The brevity of their possession underscores the recurring theme of exile and return throughout Israel's history.<p><b>but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the desecration and destruction of the temple by foreign powers, a significant event in Israel's history. The Babylonians, under King Nebuchadnezzar, destroyed Solomon's Temple in 586 BC, an event that marked a profound spiritual and national crisis for the Jewish people. The trampling of the sanctuary symbolizes not only physical destruction but also spiritual defilement. This imagery is echoed in other prophetic writings, such as Lamentations and Ezekiel, where the destruction of the temple is lamented. Theologically, this serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the vulnerability of sacred spaces when God's protection is withdrawn. The trampling also foreshadows future desecrations, including those mentioned in Daniel's prophecies and the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the destruction of the temple (<a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_people.htm">God's People (Israelites)</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were given the Promised Land and the temple as a place of worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_place/sanctuary.htm">Holy Place/Sanctuary</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a sacred place where God's presence dwelled among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>The foreign nations and powers that invaded and desecrated the temple, often seen as instruments of God's judgment due to Israel's disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment and offering hope for future restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical event where the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and took many Israelites into captivity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The desecration of the temple serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. It calls believers to examine their own lives for areas of disobedience and to seek repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god_in_judgment.htm">The Sovereignty of God in Judgment</a></b><br>Even in the face of destruction, God's sovereignty is evident. He uses nations and events to fulfill His purposes, reminding us that He is in control even when circumstances seem dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the immediate context of judgment, there is an underlying hope for restoration. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's promises for renewal and redemption, both personally and corporately.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship_and_reverence.htm">The Importance of Worship and Reverence</a></b><br>The trampling of the sanctuary highlights the importance of maintaining reverence for places and practices of worship. It challenges us to honor God in our worship and to protect the sanctity of our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>In times of trial and opposition, believers are called to persevere in faith, trusting that God will ultimately vindicate His people and restore what has been lost.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_63.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 63</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_63's_violence.htm">Isaiah 63:7-9 speaks of God's lovingkindness and mercy; how can this be harmonized with the violent imagery earlier in the chapter?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_18_5-6__any_record_of_sudden_ruin.htm">Isaiah 18:5-6: Is there any record of a sudden devastation matching the harvest metaphor described here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_be_an_'enemy'_yet_unchanging.htm">Lamentations 2:5 - In what sense can God become an 'enemy' to those He once favored, and does this contradict other biblical portrayals of His unchanging nature?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_presence_everlasting_if_he_left.htm">Lamentations 2:7 - If God truly abandoned His altar and temple, how do we reconcile this with the belief that the divine presence is everlasting?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/63.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">The people of thy holiness . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">For a little while have they possessed thy sanctuary, </span>or, with a various reading, <span class= "ital">thy holy mountain. </span>The plea is addressed to Jehovah, on the ground of His promise that the inheritance was to be an everlasting one. Compared with that promise, the period of possession, from Joshua and David to the fall of the monarchy, was but as a "little while." (Comp. <a href="/psalms/90-4.htm" title="For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.">Psalm 90:4</a>.) The seeming failure of the promise was aggravated by the fact that the enemies of Israel had trodden down the sanctuary.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/63.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The people of thy holiness</span>; or, <span class="accented">thy holy people</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/62-9.htm">Isaiah 62:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a>: 64:11). Some critics read <span class="accented">har</span>, "mountain," instead of ' <span class="accented">am</span>, "people," and translate, "But for a little while have they" (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> thy servants) "had possession of thy holy mountain." The general meaning is the same in either case. "Israel, God's people, has held Palestine but for a little while" - a few centuries - and now the heathen have been allowed to make themselves masters of it, (comp. <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Ezra 10:8</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/63-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For a short while</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמִּצְעָ֕ר</span> <span class="translit">(lam·miṣ·‘ār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4705.htm">Strong's 4705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Petty, a short</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘am-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">possessed</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרְשׁ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rə·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your holy place,</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(qāḏ·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but our enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרֵ֕ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have trampled</span><br /><span class="heb">בּוֹסְס֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·ws·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_947.htm">Strong's 947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread down, trample</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your sanctuary.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(miq·dā·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4720.htm">Strong's 4720: </a> </span><span class="str2">A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 63:18 Your holy people possessed it (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 63:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 63:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/63-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 63:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 63:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>