Isaiah 64:5

Isaiah 64:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
• New International Version (NIV)You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved?
• English Standard Version (ESV)You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
• New King James Version (NKJV)You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.

Context of Isaiah 64:5

3When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. 4For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? 6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities.

Isaiah 64:5 word by word

פָּגַ֤עְתָּ אֶת־שָׂשׂ֙ וְעֹ֣שֵׂה צֶ֔דֶק בִּדְרָכֶ֖יךָ יִזְכְּר֑וּךָ הֵן־אַתָּ֤ה קָצַ֙פְתָּ֙ וַֽנֶּחֱטָ֔א בָּהֶ֥ם עוֹלָ֖ם וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃Read the interlinear

• meetפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
• him who rejoicesשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797
• doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• remembersזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• You in Your waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• Beholdהֵןhên · look!H2005
• You were angryקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• for we sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• in them a longעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• timeעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• And shall we be savedיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Isaiah 64:5

• Exodus 20:24You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
• Exodus 25:22There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
• Exodus 29:42It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.
• Exodus 30:6You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
• Hebrews 4:16Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
• Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
• Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
• Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! How blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Acts 10:2a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
• Philippians 3:13Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
• Isaiah 26:8Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 56:1Thus says the Lord, “Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed.
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled And grieved His Holy Spirit; Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought against them.
• Psalms 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
• Psalms 103:17But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.

Commentaries on Isaiah 64:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness "Thou meetest with joy those who work righteousness" - The Syriac reads בעשי שש אתה פוגע poga attah shesh baashi, as above. In those is continuance, and we shall be saved "Because of our deeds, for we have been rebellious" - ונושע עולם בהם bahem olam venivvashea . I am fully persuaded that these words as they stand in the present Hebrew text are utterly unintelligible; there is no doubt of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou meetest him - Perhaps there are few verses in the Bible that have given more perplexity to interpreters than this; and after all that has been done, the general impression seems to be, that it is wholly inexplicable, or without meaning - as it certainly is in our translation. Noyes says of his own translation of the last member of the verse, I am not satisfied with this or any other translation of the line which I have seen.‘ Lowth says, I am fully…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6we remain in our sins … like something unclean: See also Isaiah 59:1–15. The only hope for salvation and transformation is through Jesus Christ (see Romans 7:25–8:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. meetest--that is, Thou makest peace, or enterest into covenant with him (see on Is 47:3). rejoiceth and worketh--that is, who with joyful willingness worketh [Gesenius] (Ac 10:35; Joh 7:17). those--Thou meetest "those," in apposition to "him" who represents a class whose characteristics "those that," &c., more fully describes. remember thee in thy ways--(Is 26:8). sinned--literally, "tripped," carrying on the figure in "ways." in those is…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 64:5

• Repentance
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Fade
• Flow
• Rend
• Continuance
• 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