Isaiah 63:15-16

Prayer for Mercy

¹⁵ _f Look down from heaven and see,
_g from your holy and beautiful ₁ habitation.
Where are _h your zeal and your might?
The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
are held back from me.
¹⁶ For _i you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
_j our Redeemer from of old is your name.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 26:15
   Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 33:14
   From where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 59:17
   He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
   Zechariah 1:14
   So the angel who talked with me said to me, 'Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 64:8
   But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
   Deuteronomy 32:6
   Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:14
   Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.