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I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
Isaiah 63:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
  • KJV I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
  • NKJV I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
  • NASB ¶I will make mention of the mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has granted us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has granted them according to His compassion And according to the abundance of His mercies.
  • NLT I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love. I will praise the Lord for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

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Quick answer

The prophet turns to recount the abundant loving kindnesses and mercies of Yahweh toward Israel. It matters because remembering God's past faithfulness fuels hope and prayer.

Overview

This verse begins a section (63:7-64:12) of remembrance and intercession, recalling God's covenant goodness to His people. The piling up of words for love and mercy emphasizes the lavishness of God's compassion. Such grateful remembrance is the foundation for the prayers that follow and models how believers should ground their petitions in God's proven faithfulness, fully revealed in Christ (Romans 8:32).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 36

  • Eph 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
  • Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  • Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  • Rom 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
  • Eph 1:6–7to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  • Ezek 16:6–14Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
  • Ps 51:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  • 1 Kgs 8:66On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  • Ps 105:5–45Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
  • Neh 9:25They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
  • Neh 9:19–21You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  • Ps 107:31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Ps 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  • Isa 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  • Neh 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
  • Exod 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  • Neh 9:35For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
  • 1 Tim 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
  • Hos 2:19So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
  • 2 Chr 7:10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
  • Ps 136:1–26Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
  • Ps 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Ps 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
  • Isa 41:8–9“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
  • Isa 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
  • Isa 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  • Lam 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  • Num 14:18–19‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  • Ps 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Neh 9:7–15You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
  • Rom 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  • Neh 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
  • Ps 78:11–72They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
  • Titus 3:4–7But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
  • Ps 107:21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 63:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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