Isaiah 63:17
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways
What it says
The people ask why the LORD has let them stray and beg Him to return for His servants' sake.
What it is doing
This verse voices anguish over spiritual hardening while still appealing to divine mercy.
In context
15Look down from heaven and see, 16Yet You are our Father, 17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways 18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, 19We have become like those You never ruled,