Isaias 63:19
We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Facti sumus quasi in principio, cum non dominareris nostri, neque invocaretur nomen tuum super nos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐγενόμεθα ὡς τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, ὅτε οὐκ ἦρξας ἡμῶν οὐδὲ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לוּא קָרַ֤עְתָּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ
Haydock's commentary
Name. We seem to have no distinction, temple, &c. (Calmet)
Protestants, "We are thine. Thou never bearest rule over them. They were," &c. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen The Last Farewell in the Presence of the One Hundred and Fifty Bishops
3. To speak in a more feeling strain, trusting in Him Who then forsook me, as in a Father, “Abraham has been ignorant of us, Israel has acknowledged us not, but Thou art our Father, and unto Thee do we look; beside Thee we know none else, we make mention of Thy name.” Therefore, says Jeremiah, I will plead with Thee, I will reason the cause with Thee. We are become as at the beginning, when Thou barest not rule over us, and Thou hast forgotten Thy holy covenant, and shut up Thy mercies from us. …