King James Version
Isaiah 63:18 in the King James Version says “The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”
Isaiah 63:18 · KJV
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. our redeemer: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. they: Heb. thy name was not called upon them
KJV Study — Public Domain
“have possessed”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
“The people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“thy sanctuary”
H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum
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