Isaiah 63:16-18

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶for you are our father.
Even if Avraham were not to know us,
and Isra’el were not to acknowledge us,
you, Adonai, are our father,
Our Redeemer of Old is your name.

¹⁷Adonai, why do you let us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you?
Return, for the sake of your servants,
the tribes who are your possession.
¹⁸Your holy people held your sanctuary such a short time,
before our adversaries trampled it down.

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