Yshá`Yâhuw (Isaiah) 63 part 2

Yshá`Yâhuw questions the abandonment of Yisrâ’ë´l to apostasy, and the admission of the heathen masses to conversion

1. "But might He recall the days of antiquity, Moshéh, His people, where is the One causing the waters to mount up with the shepherd of His flock? Where is the One who set the spirit of His pureness into his mind, 12. the One leading at the right hand of Moshéh? The Sowing Arm of His Prestige, the One dividing the waters from before them, to make for Himself an eternal name, 13. the One leading them in the depths like a horse in uninhabited land, without them stumbling? 14. Like the cattle descend into the valley, the spirit of Yâ-hwéh deposited them [His people] to rest, thus You have guided Your people to make for Yourself a prestigious name! 15. Look from the heavens, and see, from the elevation of Your Pureness and Your Prestige, where is Your zeal and Your heroism, the tumult of Your emotions and Your compassions? They have been restricted to me! 16. As You are our Father, though ’Avrâhâ´m, he would not recognize us, nor Yisrâ’ë´l, he would not acknowledge us, You are Yâ-hwéh, our Father, Your name redeeming us since antiquity! 17. For what purpose do You let us wander, O Yâ-hwéh, from Your ways? Our heart You have let harden from having reverence for You. Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your inheritance-portion! 18. For a little while, the people have taken possession of the mountain of (339) Your Pureness; our enemies, they have stomped down Your asylum! 19. Since antiquity, we have been it [the mountain of His Pureness, the Kingdom of Yâ-hwéh], You did not rule among them; Your name has not been invoked on behalf of them!

(339) Found in the LXX but not the Masoretic, this may have been a Masoretic scribal correction to try to make it consistent with material historical events at the time of Yshá`Yâhuw. The mountain of His pureness is not referring here to the physical mountain Tsiyyówn in Yruwshâláim, but the earthly spiritual Kingdom of Yâ-hwéh composed of pure believers. The next phrase refers to the physical area where they were set to rest.

#Yahweh #Yahuwshua #Savior #love #mercy #obedience #happiness #grace #joy