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 - "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.
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...
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...
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 The appeal rings like a litany, reminding Yahweh, who has withdrawn into His glorious heavenly palace, of H...
HAST HID. hadst hidden. Compare Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 57:17;...
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...
_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...
A pathetic description of the degeneracy and spiritual lethargy of the people, caused by the divine wrath....
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...
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...
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...
D. RESTLESSNESS OF ZION (cont-'d), Chapter S 63 - 64 4. PENITENTLY VEXED TEXT: Isaiah 64:1-7 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake a...
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...
1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation at Sinai (Exodus 19:18)....
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...
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...
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...
_[Isaiah 64:6]_ וְ אֵין ־קֹורֵ֣א בְ שִׁמְךָ֔...
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...
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...
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...
_Of thee; to remove thy indignation, like Moses, Jeremias, (vii. 15.) &c. See Ezechiel xiii. 5._...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
_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....
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...
AN APPEAL TO JEHOVAH TO FORSAKE HIS WRATH...
CONSUMED: _ Heb._ melted...
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...
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, &...
Isaiah 64:7 calls H7121 (H8802) name H8034 up H5782 (H8711) hold H2388 (H8687) hidden H5641 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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
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...
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
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...
Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:19; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 22:30;...
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....