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Verse Isaiah 64:7. THERE 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 _-...
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AND 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
_mit__e__‛ôrēr_) refers to t...
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CHAPTER 63:7-19-64:12
The Great Intercessory Prayer
1. _Jehovah's loving kindness and power in the past remembered (Isaiah
63:7) _ 2. _Their deepest need (Isaiah 63:15) _ 3. The cry of faith,
Thou ar...
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ISAIAH 63:15 TO ISAIAH 64:9. A FERVENT PRAYER TO YAHWEH TO INTERVENE
AGAIN FOR HIS CHILDREN. The appeal rings like a litany, reminding
Yahweh, who has withdrawn into His glorious heavenly palace, of H...
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HAST HID. hadst hidden. Compare Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah
54:8; Isaiah 57:17;...
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Isaiah 63:7 to Isaiah 64:12. A Prayer of the People for the Renewal of
Jehovah's former Lovingkindness
(1) Isaiah 63:7. The prayer begins with thankful commemoration of
Jehovah's goodness to the nati...
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This difficult passage contains (1) an appeal to that which
distinguishes Jehovah from all other deities: He is the only God who
works for them that wait for Him in the way of righteousness; (2) a
con...
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A pathetic description of the degeneracy and spiritual lethargy of the
people, caused by the divine wrath....
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_And_there is _none that calleth, &c._ an easily intelligible
hyperbole.
_stirreth himself up_ "arouseth himself," the same verb as in Isaiah
51:17.
_consumed us, because of our iniquities_ lit. "mel...
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DISCOURSE: 1019
THE CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECTING PRAYER
Isaiah 64:7. _There is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth
up himself to take hold of thee: for_ [Note: It should be translated
“there...
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THOU MEETEST HIM THAT REJOICETH, &C.— Thou meetest with joy those
who work righteousness; who in thy ways remember thee. Lo! thou art
angry; for we have sinned; because of our deeds; for we have been...
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D. RESTLESSNESS OF ZION (cont-'d), Chapter S 63 - 64
4. PENITENTLY VEXED
TEXT: Isaiah 64:1-7
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Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,
that the mountains might quake a...
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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.
AND (THERE IS) NON...
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1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation
at Sinai (Exodus 19:18)....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 64
This chapter continues the people’s desperate prayer, which began
at...
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The people’s efforts to carry out good deeds are without value. They
cannot cure their relationship with God by means of kind actions to
their friends.
*LORD, WE NEED YOUR HELP
V8 But, *Lord, you a...
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HAST CONSUMED US, BECAUSE OF OUR INIQUITIES. — Better, _hast
delivered us into the hand_ (_scil.,_ the power) _of our iniquities._
The previous clause had pointed to the people s forgetfulness of God...
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_[Isaiah 64:6]_ וְ אֵין ־קֹורֵ֣א בְ שִׁמְךָ֔...
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CHAPTER XXV
A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT
Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1
WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been
considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
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A CRY FOR PARDON
Isaiah 64:1-12
_The great past_, Isaiah 64:1-5. We are introduced to the prophet's
oratory and hear the outpourings of his heart. As he recalls the story
of bygone days, he asks that...
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The praise and confession merge into a prayer in which the sore need
of the people is first described, and then a cry full of intense
anguish is lifted for the dawning of the day when Jehovah will act...
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_Of thee; to remove thy indignation, like Moses, Jeremias, (vii. 15.)
&c. See Ezechiel xiii. 5._...
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To the earnest cry of the soul, that went up in the preceding
supplication, the humbling of the soul, in the deepest self abasement
of spirit, which here follows, becomes a most suited addition, in
pr...
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7._There is none that calleth on thy name. _He confirms what was
formerly said; for he exhorts believers, even though God’s
punishment of them appears to be severe, still to believe that they
deserve...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 64 AND 65.
The next two Chapter s give us a full revelation of the dealings of
God in answer to this appeal. First of all, God, through His grace,
had been so...
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AND THERE IS NONE THAT CALLETH UPON THY NAME,.... Upon the Lord
himself, who is gracious and merciful, omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent, and all sufficient, a God hearing and answering prayer,...
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_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._
Ver. 7. _And ther...
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_We are all as an unclean thing_ Or, _unclean person_, as שׂמא
equally signifies. He seems to allude to persons unclean through the
leprosy, which was the highest degree of uncleanness among the Jews....
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And there is none that calleth upon Thy name, since unbelief and
despair has taken hold of all hearts, THAT STIRRETH UP HIMSELF TO TAKE
HOLD OF THEE, the great majority of the people being overwhelmed...
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AN APPEAL TO JEHOVAH TO FORSAKE HIS WRATH...
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CONSUMED:
_ Heb._ melted...
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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...
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AND THERE IS NONE; or, yet there is none, i.e. few, PSALMS 14:3; they
are not to be discerned among the multitude. THAT CALLETH; such as
call upon thee as they ought, as Jacob, and Moses, and David, &...
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ISAIAH ADMITS THE UTTER UNWORTHINESS OF THOSE WHOM HE REPRESENTS
(ISAIAH 64:5).
Isaiah 64:5
‘You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness,
Those who remember you in your ways,
Behold you were...
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Isaiah 64:1. _Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou
wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy
presence, as when the melting fire burneth,_
Or, much better, «as when th...
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CONTENTS: Fear and hope of remnant of Israel in day of vengeance.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: The remnant of Israel in the day of Christ's vengeance
will bewail their sins, thereby justifyi...
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Isaiah 64:1. A new scene of prophetic events opens here, where the
prophet in time of trouble cries the more in spirit to the Messiah.
_Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens and come down._ It is
str...
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_And there is none that calleth upon Thy name_
NEGLECTED RELIGION
1.
There is a confession of neglected privilege and duty. “There is
none that calleth upon Thy name.”
2. There is a definition of t...
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_But we are all as an unclean thing_
ISRAEL’S UNCLEANNESS
“And we are all become as one unclean”--in a ceremonial sense,
like the leper.
(_Prof. Skinner, D. D._)
LAMENTATIONS OF ISAIAH
You have r...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 64:5 With four comparisons, Isaiah laments the
long-standing patterns of sin among God’s people. FOR YOU HAVE
HIDDEN YOUR FACE. See Isaiah 8:17. Wh
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THE ABSENCE OF IMPORTUNATE PRAYER DEPLORED
Isaiah 64:7. _There is none that … stirreth up himself to take hold
of Thee._
THE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT AND LAMENTATION. Not the neglect of
ordinances, or th...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 64:1
ISRAEL'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED. Not content with praying God
to look upon them once more with favour (Isaiah 63:15), Israel now
asks for a theophany, or manifesta
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Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, and that
the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting
fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, and makes thy...
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Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:19; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 22:30;...
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That calleth — That call upon thee as they ought. Take hold —
Either to stay thee from departing from us, or to fetch thee back when
departed....