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We are become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.
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A Cry of Lost Identity
Most commentators agree that this verse expresses a profound lament. Israel feels it has sunk to the level of the pagan nations, becoming indistinguishable from those who never had a covenant with God. It's a cry of desperation, feeling as if their unique identity as God's people has been erased.
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Isaiah
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19th Century
Anglican
We are Yours ... — Your, as the italics show, is not in the Hebrew, and its insertion distorts the meani…
Baptist
"You gave us the land by an everlasting covenant; but we have had it only a little while. Look, the enemy has come in, and driven your Israel away …
16th Century
Protestant
We have been of old. The Prophet's words here allow for two meanings. Some interpret this passage as if the people argued with God on the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We are yours Your children, your people, your subjects. Some read it, taking a word from the next clause, "we are yo…
Presbyterian
They implore him to look down on the miserable condition of their once-favored nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from…
13th Century
Catholic
Who is this. Here he begins to address the separation of the wicked from the good in the execution of the promised salvat…
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