Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on your name, 2 who stirs himself up to take hold of you; 1 for you have hidden your face from us, 2 and have consumed us by means of our depravities (moral evils). 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6For we have all become like one who is unclean, 2 and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. 1 We all fade like a leaf; 2 and our depravities (moral evils), like the wind, take us away. 1

8But now, Adonai, you are our Father. 2 We are the clay, and you our potter. 2 We all are the work of your hand. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] speak, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and teshuvah ·turn repent· of this evil against your people.

Deuteronomy 32:19Adonai saw and abhorred, 2 because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. 1

Psalms 100:3Know that Adonai, he is God. 2 It is he who has made us, and we are his. 2 We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 1

Isaiah 27:5Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”

Isaiah 50:2Why, when I came, was there no one? 2 when I called, why was there no one to answer? 1 Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? 2 or have I no power to deliver? 1 Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. 2 I make the rivers a wilderness: 2 their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:7-12

Humble Confession. ( b. c. 706.) 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 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. 8 But now, O Lord , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very… Read the whole commentary →

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