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Isaiah 64:7
7But now, Adonai, You are our Father. We are the clay and You are our potter, We are all the work of Your hand.
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
5For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a filthy garment, and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away, like the wind. 6No one calls on Your Name, or stirs himself up to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, Adonai, You are our Father. We are the clay and You are our potter, We are all the work of Your hand. 8Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people! 9Your holy cities became a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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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 50:2Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea at My rebuke, I make rivers a wilderness— their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no one— He was astonished that no one was interceding. Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him, and His righteousness upheld Him.
- Psalms 14:4“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?”
- Ezekiel 22:30I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
- Hosea 7:7All of them are hot like an oven, and they devour their rulers. All of their kings have fallen. None among them calls on Me.
- Isaiah 27:5Rather let them rely on My strength. Let them make peace with Me— make peace with Me.”
- Isaiah 56:4For thus says Adonai, “To the eunuchs who keep My Shabbatot, who choose what pleases Me, and hold fast My covenant:
- Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
- Isaiah 59:2Rather, your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God. Your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
- Deuteronomy 32:19“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation.
- Hosea 5:15I will go and return to My place until they admit their guilt. Then they will seek My face. In their distress they will seek Me earnestly:
- Jeremiah 9:7Their tongue is a deadly arrow, speaking deceit. With his mouth each says shalom to his neighbor, while inwardly setting a trap for him.
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me—all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.”
- Ezekiel 24:11I will set it empty upon the coals until it gets hot and its copper scorches, so its impurity will be melted, its corrosion consumed.
- Job 8:4If your children sinned against Him, He handed them over to their rebellion.
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
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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
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