Isaiah 64:7

Isaiah 64:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
• New International Version (NIV)No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.

Context of Isaiah 64:7

5You help people who are happy when they do what is right. People like that obey your commands. But we continued to do wrong things, even when you were angry with us. We have done bad things for a long time, so will you ever come to save us? 6Our sins have made us all like unclean people, who cannot worship you. Even the good things that we try to do are like dirty bits of cloth. Our sins will blow us all away, as the wind blows away dead leaves. Nobody prays in your name, or calls out to you to help them. It seems that you have turned away from us. You have left us for our sins to rule us. 8But Lord, you are still our Father. We are like clay that you have used. You are like the potter who has made us into pots. You made us all with your own hands. 9Lord, please do not be too angry with us. Do not hold our sins in your mind for ever. Do not forget us! We are your people, all of us!

Isaiah 64:7 word by word

וְאֵין־קוֹרֵ֣א בְשִׁמְךָ֔ מִתְעוֹרֵ֖ר לְהַחֲזִ֣יק בָּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּ פָנֶ֙יךָ֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּ בְּיַד־עֲוֹנֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• none that callethקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• upon thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• that stirreth upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• himself to take holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• of thee: for thou hast hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from us, and hast consumedמוּגmûg · to meltH4127
• us, becauseיָדyâd · handH3027
• of our iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Isaiah 64:7

• Isaiah 50:2Nobody was there to meet me, when I came to help you. When I called out to you, nobody answered me. Do you think that my arm is too weak to rescue you? Am I not strong enough to save you? Look! I can speak to the sea so that it becomes dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts. Then the fish die because they have no water.
• Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was nobody who would help, and he was very upset. So he used his own strength to help. Because he had to do what was right, he made his people safe.
• Psalms 14:4Will those evil people never learn? They destroy my people, as if they are eating a meal. They never pray to the Lord.
• Ezekiel 22:30I looked among the people for a man who would make the land safe. He would make it a good, strong place again, with nothing bad in it. Then I would not destroy it. But I could not find anyone like that.
• Hosea 7:7They are so angry that they kill their rulers. Now all their kings are dead. None of them calls out to me for help.’
• Isaiah 27:5But my enemies should turn to me for help. They should agree to live in peace with me. Yes, that is what they should do.
• Isaiah 56:4The Lord says this: ‘I will bless eunuchs who obey my laws. They must respect the rules for Sabbath days. They must choose to do what pleases me. They must always obey my covenant with my people.
• Isaiah 57:17I was angry with them because they were greedy, which was a sin. So I punished them. I was angry and I turned away from them. But they still refused to obey me. They continued to do what they wanted to do.
• Isaiah 59:2But the wrong things that you have done have made you separate from your God. Your sins have caused him to turn away from you, so that he does not listen to your prayers.
• Deuteronomy 31:17When that happens, I will be very angry with them. I will leave them. I will refuse to help them until they are destroyed. Many bad things will happen to them so that they are in great trouble. Then they will say, “These bad things have happened to us because our God is no longer with us.”
• Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he turned away from them. His sons and daughters had made him angry.
• Hosea 5:15Then I will return to my place. I will leave them to receive their full punishment. When they have suffered enough, they will turn back to me. They will want to serve me again.’
• Jeremiah 9:7So the Lord Almighty says this: ‘Listen! I will test my people, like a man uses fire to make metal become pure. I must punish them like this because they are so wicked. There is nothing else that I can do!
• Ezekiel 22:18‘Son of man, Israel's people have become like dirt to me. They are like useless bits of metal that remain after silver is made pure in a hot oven.
• Ezekiel 24:11Then put the empty pot on the coals of the fire. Make the pot very hot, so that its metal is bright red. Burn all the dirt to remove it. Make the pot clean again!
• Job 8:4Your children did things that were wrong. That is why God punished them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 64:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7There is none - Twelve MSS. have אין ein, without the conjunction ו vau prefixed; and so read the Chaldee and Vulgate. And hast consumed us because of our iniquities "And hast delivered us up into the hands of our iniquities" - For ותמוגנו vattemugenu, "hast dissolved us," the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee had in their copies תמגננו temaggenenu, "hast delivered us up." Houbigant. Secker.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And there is none that calleth upon thy name - The nation is corrupt and degenerate. None worship God in sincerity. That stirreth up himself - The word used here (מתעורר mite‛ôrēr ) refers to the effort which is requisite to rouse oneself when oppressed by a spirit of heavy slumber; and the idea here is, that the nation was sunk in spiritual torpor, and that the same effort was needful to excite it which was requisite to rouse one who had sunk down to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, owning themselves unworthy of his mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Our deeds, whatever they may seem to be, if we think to merit by them at God's hand, are as rags, and will not cover us; filthy rags, and will but defile us. Even our few good works in which there is real excellence, as fruits of the Spirit, are so defective and defiled as done by us, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7You have hidden Your face from us: See Isaiah 1:15; 30:20; 59:2. delivered us into the hand of our iniquity: Because the people insisted on sinning, God left them to perish in their sinful ways (see Romans 1:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. stirreth--rouseth himself from spiritual drowsiness. take hold--(Is 27:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 64:7

• Prayerlessness
• Repentance
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Fade
• Flow
• Rend
• Isaiah
• Prayer
• Servant of Jehovah; Servant of the Lord; Servant of Yahweh

Commentaries on Isaiah 64

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings