Isaiah 63:18
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
In other versions
Thy holy people possessed `it' but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
ASV
Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?
BBE
Thy holy people have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
DBY
Your holy people possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
WEB
For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.
YLT
The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
ENG
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
WBT
For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
BSB
In context
16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
17O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.