Isaiah 63:18 meaning and explanation
For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
Isaiah 63:18, Berean Standard Bible
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These words belong to a prayer in which the prophet speaks for a ruined people, addressing God directly. The holy place is the temple in Jerusalem, and the enemies who trampled it are the foreign powers, in the book's setting likely Babylon, who destroyed the city and its sanctuary.
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