Isaiah 63:7

     7. Israel's penitential confession and prayer for restoration (Ps 102:17, 20), extending from Isa 63:7 to 64:12.

      loving-kindnesses . . . praises . . . mercies . . . loving-kindnesses—The plurals and the repetitions imply that language is inadequate to express the full extent of God's goodness.

      us—the dispersed Jews at the time just preceding their final restoration.

      house of Israel—of all ages; God was good not merely to the Jews now dispersed, but to Israel in every age of its history.

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