Isaiah 63:15-19

Isaiah 63:15-19

[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  of thy bowels  and of thy mercies  toward me? are they restrained?  [16] Doubtless  thou art our father,  though Abraham  be ignorant  of us, and Israel  acknowledge  us not: thou, O LORD,  art our father,  our redeemer;  thy name  is from everlasting.  [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. 

What does Isaiah 63:15-19 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Isaiah next appealed to God, on behalf of the nation, to have pity on Israel. The prophet was speaking for the faithful remnant after the exile who found little evidence that God was among them, in the way He had been during the Exodus and wilderness wanderings.
"Isaiah is teaching us how to pray. We don"t learn to pray by listening to one another. We learn to pray by reading the Bible." [1]