King James Version
Isaiah 63:19 in the King James Version says “We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. they: Heb. thy name was not called upo...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Isaiah 63:19 · KJV
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
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“We are thine thou never”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“over them they were not called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“by thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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