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Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/64.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>there is</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/64.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And <i>there is</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />There is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />There 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And there is no one who calls on Thy name, Who arouses himself to take hold of Thee; For Thou hast hidden Thy face from us, And hast delivered us into the power of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/64.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There is no one who calls on Your name, Who awakens himself to take hold of You, For You have hidden Your face from us And have melted us into the hand of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There is no one who calls on Your name, Who awakens <i>and</i> causes himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one calls on your name, striving to take hold of you. For you have hidden your face from us and made us melt because of our iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one calls on Your name, striving to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and made us melt because of our iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/64.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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 by means of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No one worships in your name or remains faithful. You have turned your back on us and let our sins melt us away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/64.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 by means of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/64.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned us because of our sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/64.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There is no one who calls on your name or rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have given us into the control of our iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/64.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/64.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/64.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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 by means of our iniquities. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And there is none calling on Your Name, "" Stirring himself up to lay hold on You, "" For You have hid Your face from us, "" And You melt us away by our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And none calling upon thy name, none rousing himself to take hold upon thee: for thou hiddest thy face from us, and thou wilt melt us by the hand of our iniquities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up, and taketh hold of thee: thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />There is no one who calls upon your name, who rises up and holds fast to you. You have concealed your face from us, and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/64.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There are none who call upon your name, none who rouse themselves to take hold of you; For you have hidden your face from us and have delivered us up to our crimes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/64.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />There is none that calls upon thy name, that remembers to take hold of thee; for thou hast turned away thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the power of our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there is none who calls on your name and who remembers to hold fast to you, because you turned your face from us and you have handed us over into the hand of our sins<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 by means of our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/64-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14099" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">A Prayer for God's Power</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qō·w·rê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">one calls</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: ḇə·šim·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">on Your name</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: miṯ·‘ō·w·rêr (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">or strives</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: lə·ha·ḥă·zîq (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">to take hold</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">of You.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: his·tar·tā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">You have hidden</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Your face</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from us</a> <a href="/hebrew/4127.htm" title="4127: wat·tə·mū·ḡê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms:: 1cp) -- To melt. A primitive root; to melt, i.e. Literally, or figuratively.">and delivered us</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nê·nū (N-csc:: 1cp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">of our iniquity.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-3.htm">Psalm 14:3</a></span><br />All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-11.htm">Romans 3:11-12</a></span><br />There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Jeremiah 10:21</a></span><br />For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Hosea 7:7</a></span><br />All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/53-3.htm">Psalm 53:3</a></span><br />All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-9.htm">Romans 3:9-10</a></span><br />What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. / As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20-22</a></span><br />Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? / Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, / unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a></span><br />I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a></span><br />In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm">2 Chronicles 15:2</a></span><br />So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-6.htm">Zephaniah 1:6</a></span><br />and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalm 79:8-9</a></span><br />Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. / Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">1 Peter 3:12</a></span><br />For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">2 Timothy 3:4-5</a></span><br />traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, / having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Jeremiah 2:27</a></span><br />say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And there is none that calls on your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.</p><p class="hdg">there is</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Isaiah 50:2</a></b></br> Wherefore, when I came, <i>was there</i> no man? when I called, <i>was there</i> none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because <i>there is</i> no water, and dieth for thirst.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Isaiah 59:16</a></b></br> And he saw that <i>there was</i> no man, and wondered that <i>there was</i> no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-4.htm">Psalm 14:4</a></b></br> Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">to take</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-5.htm">Isaiah 27:5</a></b></br> Or let him take hold of my strength, <i>that</i> he may make peace with me; <i>and</i> he shall make peace with me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Isaiah 56:4</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose <i>the things</i> that please me, and take hold of my covenant;</p><p class="hdg">hast hid</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Isaiah 57:17</a></b></br> For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a></b></br> But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid <i>his</i> face from you, that he will not hear.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a></b></br> Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God <i>is</i> not among us?</p><p class="hdg">consumed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Jeremiah 9:7</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a></b></br> Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they <i>are</i> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are <i>even</i> the dross of silver… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Ezekiel 24:11</a></b></br> Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and <i>that</i> the filthiness of it may be molten in it, <i>that</i> the scum of it may be consumed.</p><p class="hdg">because.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-4.htm">Job 8:4</a></b></br> If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Arouses</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-14.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-25.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm">Means</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/job/30-22.htm">Meltest</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Stirreth</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Strives</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Arouses</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-18.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Means</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/job/30-22.htm">Meltest</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Stirreth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Strives</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 64</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">The church prays for the illustration of God's power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">It complains of their afflictions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "calls" is "קָרָא" (qara), which implies a vocal and intentional reaching out. In the biblical context, calling on God's name signifies invoking His presence, seeking His guidance, and acknowledging His sovereignty. Historically, calling on God's name was an act of worship and dependence, as seen in the lives of patriarchs like Abraham and Jacob. The absence of this calling indicates a community that has drifted from its foundational relationship with God, reflecting a broader theme of spiritual decline and the need for revival.<p><b>or strives to take hold of You</b><br />The word "strives" comes from the Hebrew "חָזַק" (chazaq), meaning to strengthen, seize, or take hold. This suggests an active pursuit and determination to connect with God. The imagery here is of someone reaching out with effort and intention, akin to Jacob wrestling with the angel in <a href="/genesis/32.htm">Genesis 32</a>. The lack of striving indicates a passive faith, where the people are not actively seeking God's presence or intervention. This phrase challenges believers to examine their own spiritual fervor and commitment to pursuing God with all their heart, soul, and strength.<p><b>For You have hidden Your face from us</b><br />In Hebrew, "hidden" is "סָתַר" (satar), which conveys the idea of concealment or withdrawal. The "face" of God represents His favor, presence, and blessing. When God hides His face, it signifies a withdrawal of His protective and guiding presence, often as a response to the people's sin and rebellion. This concept is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience brought blessing and disobedience led to divine discipline. Theologically, this serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the importance of seeking God's face through repentance and obedience.<p><b>and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity</b><br />The term "delivered" is derived from the Hebrew "נָתַן" (natan), meaning to give or hand over. This phrase indicates a judicial handing over to the consequences of one's actions. "Iniquity" refers to moral perversity or sin, highlighting the people's culpability. Historically, this reflects the period of exile and suffering that Israel faced due to their persistent disobedience. Theologically, it underscores the principle of sowing and reaping, where turning away from God leads to experiencing the natural consequences of sin. Yet, even in this, there is hope, as God's discipline is intended to bring about repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/64.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">hast delivered us into the hand </span>(<span class= "ital">scil., </span>the power) <span class= "ital">of our iniquities. </span>The previous clause had pointed to the people s forgetfulness of God--what we should call their indifference--as the root-evil. This states that that sin led, in the righteous judgment of God, to open iniquities. The thought is parallel to that of <a href="/context/romans/1-21.htm" title="Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.">Romans 1:21-24</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/64.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">There is none that calleth on thy Name</span>. A hyperbole, like <a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1, 3</a>, "There is none that doeth good, no, not one." A general lethargy and apathy had come over the people, so that they could with difficulty rouse themselves to faith and calling upon God. But this general lethargy was not universal; there was a "remnant" which "<span class="accented">prayed</span> and did not faint." <span class="cmt_word">That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee</span>. This expresses more than mere prayer; it is earnest, intense, "effectual fervent" prayer. Perhaps none among the exiles may have been capable of such supplication as this, especially as God had hid his face from them, and no longer looked on them with favour. <span class="cmt_word">And hast consumed us, because of our iniquities</span>; rather, <span class="accented">and hast delivered us into the power</span> (literally, <span class="accented">hand</span>) <span class="accented">of our iniquities.</span> Men's sins are their masters, and exercise a tyrannical control over them, which they are often quite unable to resist (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Ezekiel 33:10</a>, "If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?"). God at times judicially delivers the wicked into the power of their sins (see <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24, 26, 28</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/64-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵין־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one calls</span><br /><span class="heb">קוֹרֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on Your name</span><br /><span class="heb">בְשִׁמְךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·šim·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or] strives</span><br /><span class="heb">מִתְעוֹרֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(miṯ·‘ō·w·rêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to take hold of You.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַחֲזִ֣יק</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ha·ḥă·zîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have hidden</span><br /><span class="heb">הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(his·tar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your face</span><br /><span class="heb">פָנֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from us</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֔נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and made us melt</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·mū·ḡê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the hand</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our iniquity.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנֵֽנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:7 There is none who calls on your (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 64:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 64:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>