Ésaïe 63:18

18 Ton peuple saint n'a possédé le pays que peu de temps; Nos ennemis ont foulé ton sanctuaire.

Ésaïe 63:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 63:18

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little
while
Either the land of Canaan, which the Jews, the Lord's holy people, whom he had separated from others, possessed about fourteen hundred years, which was but a little while in comparison of "for ever", as was promised; or they enjoyed it but a little while in peace and quiet, being often disturbed by their neighbours; or else the sanctuary, the temple, as it is to be supplied from the next clause, which stood but little more than four hundred years: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary;
the temple; the first temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar; and the second temple by the Romans; and Antiochus, and Pompey, and others, profaned it, by treading in it.

Ésaïe 63:18 In-Context

16 Tu es cependant notre père, Car Abraham ne nous connaît pas, Et Israël ignore qui nous sommes; C'est toi, Eternel, qui es notre père, Qui, dès l'éternité, t'appelles notre sauveur.

17 Pourquoi, ô Eternel, nous fais-tu errer loin de tes voies, Et endurcis-tu notre coeur contre ta crainte? Reviens, pour l'amour de tes serviteurs, Des tribus de ton héritage!

18 Ton peuple saint n'a possédé le pays que peu de temps; Nos ennemis ont foulé ton sanctuaire.

19 Nous sommes depuis longtemps comme un peuple que tu ne gouvernes pas, Et qui n'est point appelé de ton nom...