Bible in Basic English
"We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named."
— Isaiah 63:19-1964, Bible in Basic English
“We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. ”
“We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name. ”
“We have become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.”
“We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them; they were not your subjects.”
“We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name. ”
“We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. ”
For you are our father, though Abraham has no knowledge of us, and Israel gives no thought to us: you, O Lord, are our father; from the earliest days you have taken up our cause.
O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?
We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.