63:15
Isaiah now calls upon the Lord, and it is quite a bold, even impudent, prayer. He calls on God to look down upon the earth, and asks where is God’s zeal and compassion. From Isaiah’s perspective God seems far off, and it seems as if He has forgotten about Israel. His tenderness and compassion are withheld from them. We all have similar thoughts at times, and verses like this (of which there are many in the Bible) show that God is quite able to cope with us telling Him it is how we feel. Indeed we are encouraged to tell Him, it is far better to do so than to put on some false religious front.
63:16
While Isaiah has the negative feelings expressed in the last verse, he also knows that this cannot be the case. There is a conflict within between who he knows God is, and the way things seem to be. This is a perfectly normal, and common, situation for a Christian to be in. He knows that God is their Father, and their Redeemer. Yet the nation has drifted so far from the faith of Abraham.
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