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Isaiah 63:17
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways
from A Prayer for Mercy, Isaiah 63:15-19
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,