Isaías 63:18

18 Por pouco tempo o teu povo possuiu o teu santo lugar;depois os nossos inimigos pisotearam o teu santuário.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 63:18 In-Context

16 Entretanto, tu és o nosso Pai.Abraão não nos conhecee Israel nos ignora;tu, SENHOR, és o nosso Paie, desde a antiguidade, te chamas nosso Redentor.

17 SENHOR, por que nos fazes andar longe dos teus caminhose endureces o nosso coração para não termos temor de ti?Volta, por amor dos teus servos,por amor das tribos que são a tua herança!

18 Por pouco tempo o teu povo possuiu o teu santo lugar;depois os nossos inimigos pisotearam o teu santuário.

19 Somos teus desde a antiguidade,mas aqueles tu não governaste;eles não foram chamados pelo teu nome.