Isaiah 63:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 63:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 63:18 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 63:18 — KJV
“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”
— Isaiah 63:18 (KJV)
Isaiah 63:18 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 63:18
“And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 63:18: people, while, down
“And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 63:18: people, little, down
“That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! scattered...: or, outspread and polished meted...: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot have...: or, despise”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 63:18: people, trodden, down
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 63:18: people, down
“And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 63:18: people, down
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