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But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved? <a href="/nlt/isaiah/64.htm">New Living Translation</a> You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? <a href="/esv/isaiah/64.htm">English Standard Version</a> You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved? <a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? <a href="/kjv/isaiah/64.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/64.htm">New King James Version</a> You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in our sins for a long time; Yet shall we be saved? <a href="/nasb/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1995</a> You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thou dost meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers Thee in Thy ways. Behold, Thou wast angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? <a href="/lsb/isaiah/64.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry; indeed we have sinned— We continued in them a long time— And shall we be saved? <a href="/amp/isaiah/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right, Who remembers You in Your ways. Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned; We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger]. And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]? <a href="/csb/isaiah/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? <a href="/asv/isaiah/64.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved? <a href="/cev/isaiah/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You help all who gladly obey and do what you want, but sin makes you angry. Only by your help can we ever be saved. <a href="/erv/isaiah/64.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time, and shall we be saved? <a href="/gwt/isaiah/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You showed your anger, because we've sinned. We've continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved? <a href="/gnt/isaiah/64.htm">Good News Translation</a> You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times. <a href="/isv/isaiah/64.htm">International Standard Version</a> You come to the aid of those who gladly do what's right, To those who remember you in your ways. See, you were angry, and we sinned against them for a long time, but we will be saved. <a href="/msb/isaiah/64.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? <a href="/net/isaiah/64.htm">NET Bible</a> You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved? <a href="/nheb/isaiah/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Look, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved? <a href="/wbt/isaiah/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou meetest him that rejoiceth, and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. <a href="/web/isaiah/64.htm">World English Bible</a> You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have met with the rejoicer "" And the doer of righteousness, "" In Your ways they remember You, "" Behold, You have been angry when we sin, "" By them [is] continuance, and we are saved. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them is continuance, and we are saved. <a href="/slt/isaiah/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou mettest him rejoicing and doing justice, they shall remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wert angry; and we shall sin in them of old, and we shall be saved.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have met with those who rejoice in doing justice. By your ways, they will remember you. Behold, you have been angry, for we have sinned. In this, we have continued, but we will be saved. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/64.htm">New American Bible</a> Would that you might meet us doing right, that we might be mindful of you in our ways! Indeed, you are angry; we have sinned, we have acted wickedly. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/64.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thou meetest with joy him that works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways; behold, thou art wroth; for we have transgressed against thy ways, and yet we shall be saved. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you meet in sweetness with those who are doing righteousness, and they shall remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry and we sinned against them. In eternity we shall be redeemed<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness, Those that remembered Thee in Thy ways-- Behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned-- Upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved. <a href="/sep/isaiah/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred, <a href="/parallel/isaiah/64-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14071" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">A Prayer for God's Power</a> …4From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. 5<a href="/hebrew/6293.htm" title="6293: pā·ḡa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To meet, encounter, reach. A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunity.">You welcome</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7797.htm" title="7797: śāś (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To exult, rejoice. Or siys; a primitive root; to be bright, i.e. Cheerful.">those who gladly</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ō·śêh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣe·ḏeq (N-ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">right,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: yiz·kə·rū·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 2ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">who remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: biḏ·rā·ḵe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">Your ways.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên- (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/7107.htm" title="7107: qā·ṣap̄·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to crack off, i.e. burst out in rage.">were angry,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: wan·ne·ḥĕ·ṭā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">for we sinned.</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: wə·niw·wā·šê·a‘ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjImperf-1cp) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">How can we be saved</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">if we remain in our sins?</a> 6Each 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/85-10.htm">Psalm 85:10-13</a> Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. / Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. / The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase. ... <a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17-18</a> But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— / to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a> So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a> You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29</a> But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm">Proverbs 8:17</a> I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. <a href="/lamentations/3-25.htm">Lamentations 3:25</a> The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Zephaniah 2:3</a> Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm">2 Chronicles 15:2</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Matthew 5:6</a> Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21</a> Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” <a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a> If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.meetest<a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.<a href="/exodus/25-22.htm">Exodus 25:22</a> And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.<a href="/exodus/29-42.htm">Exodus 29:42,43</a> This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee… rejoiceth<a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Psalm 25:10</a> All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.<a href="/psalms/37-4.htm">Psalm 37:4</a> Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.<a href="/psalms/112-1.htm">Psalm 112:1</a> Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.those that<a href="/isaiah/26-8.htm">Isaiah 26:8,9</a> Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee… <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">Isaiah 56:1-7</a> Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed… thou art wroth<a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a> But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.<a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Psalm 90:7-9</a> For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled… in those<a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17</a> But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;<a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Jeremiah 31:18-20</a> I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God… <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a> Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/139-16.htm">Continuance</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/songs/5-3.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Gladly</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-2.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/psalms/21-3.htm">Meetest</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Rejoices</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Rejoiceth</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Remembers</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-27.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Worketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Works</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Continuance</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Gladly</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/exodus/23-4.htm">Meetest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-14.htm">Rejoices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-14.htm">Rejoiceth</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Remembers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/daniel/6-27.htm">Worketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Works</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 64</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">The church prays for the illustration of God's power</a> 4. <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">It complains of their afflictions</a> </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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In the context of Isaiah, the Israelites are reminded of the covenant relationship with God, where obedience leads to blessings. This aligns with <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings are promised for obedience. The concept of doing right is deeply rooted in the Law given to Moses, which outlines the moral and ethical standards expected of God's people. The idea of God welcoming the righteous is also echoed in <a href="/psalms/15.htm">Psalm 15</a>, which describes the character of those who may dwell in God's sanctuary.who remember Your ways Remembering God's ways involves adhering to His commandments and living according to His statutes. This phrase suggests a conscious effort to align one's life with God's revealed will. In the historical context, the Israelites often struggled with idolatry and forgetting God's laws, leading to periods of judgment and exile. The call to remember is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-12.htm">Deuteronomy 6:12</a>, where the Israelites are warned not to forget the Lord who brought them out of Egypt. This remembrance is not merely intellectual but involves active obedience and faithfulness.Surely You were angry, for we sinned This acknowledges God's righteous anger in response to sin. The historical backdrop includes the Babylonian exile, a direct consequence of Israel's persistent disobedience and idolatry. God's anger is not arbitrary but is a response to covenant unfaithfulness, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The prophets frequently warned of God's impending judgment due to sin, yet they also spoke of His mercy and willingness to forgive upon repentance, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>.How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? This rhetorical question highlights the human predicament of sin and the need for divine intervention. It points to the necessity of repentance and the inadequacy of human efforts to achieve salvation. Theologically, this foreshadows the New Testament revelation of salvation through Jesus Christ, who provides the ultimate solution to sin. <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23-24</a> speaks of all having sinned and being justified freely by God's grace through the redemption in Christ. This phrase underscores the need for a savior and the transformative power of God's grace to deliver from sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure in this verse, depicted as welcoming the righteous and being angered by sin. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The original audience of Isaiah's message, struggling with sin and seeking salvation. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a> The primary locations where Isaiah's prophecies were directed, representing the spiritual state of the nation. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sin_and_salvation.htm">Sin and Salvation</a> The thematic elements of the verse, highlighting the tension between human sinfulness and divine salvation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_welcome_to_the_righteous.htm">God's Welcome to the Righteous</a> God is pleased with those who do right and remember His ways. This encourages believers to live righteously and keep God's commandments at the forefront of their lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin_and_divine_anger.htm">The Reality of Sin and Divine Anger</a> Sin provokes God's anger, reminding us of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. Believers should regularly examine their lives and seek forgiveness. <a href="/topical/t/the_dilemma_of_sin_and_the_need_for_salvation.htm">The Dilemma of Sin and the Need for Salvation</a> The verse poses a critical question about salvation in the presence of sin, pointing to the necessity of a Savior. This underscores the importance of faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_ways.htm">Remembering God's Ways</a> Actively remembering and following God's ways is crucial for a righteous life. This involves regular study of Scripture and prayerful reflection on God's character and commands. <a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a> Despite the reality of sin, there is hope for redemption through God's grace. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's provision for salvation and live in the light of His grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_64.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 64</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_good_works,_salvation.htm">What does the Bible say about good works and salvation?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_self-righteousness_mean.htm">What does self-righteousness mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_david_claim_full_integrity.htm">(Psalm 26:1) How can David claim complete integrity when other scriptures say no one is without sin?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_stephen.htm">What does the Bible say about heaven and hell?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/64.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Thou meetest him . . .--The "meeting" is obviously one of favour. That was the law of God's dealings with men. He met, in this sense, those who at once rejoiced in righteousness and practised it. But with Israel it was not so. Their sins had brought them under His anger, not under His favour.In those is continuance . . .--The clause is difficult, and has been variously interpreted--(1) "In these (the ways of God) there is permanence (literally, eternity), that we may be saved;" and (2) "In these (the ways of evil) have we been a long time, and shall we be saved?" The latter seems preferable. So taken, the clause carries on the confession of the people's sinfulness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/64.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - Thou meetest him that rejoiceth. God "meets" with gracious welcome and ready aid whoever rejoices in doing righteousness and serving him, whoever "remembers him in his ways." But this, alas: is not the present relationship between God and Israel. God is "angry" with them - they must, therefore, "have sinned;" and so they proceed to confess their sin. In those is continuance, and we shall be saved. This is a very difficult passage. Mr. Cheyne regards it as hopelessly corrupt. Bishop Lowth and Ewald attempt emendations. Of those who accept the present text, some understand "in those" of God's ways, others of the "sins" implied in the confession, "We have sinned:" some make the last clause an affirmation, others a question. Delitzsch renders, "Already we have been long in this state (of sin), and shall we be saved?" Grotius and Starck, "If we had remained in them (i.e. thy ways) continually, we should have been saved." <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/64-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You welcome פָּגַ֤עְתָּ (pā·ḡa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6293.htm">Strong's 6293: </a> To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity those who gladly שָׂשׂ֙ (śāś) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7797.htm">Strong's 7797: </a> To be bright, cheerful do וְעֹ֣שֵׂה (wə·‘ō·śêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make right, צֶ֔דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> The right, equity, prosperity who remember יִזְכְּר֑וּךָ (yiz·kə·rū·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male Your ways. בִּדְרָכֶ֖יךָ (biḏ·rā·ḵe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action Surely הֵן־ (hên-) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! You אַתָּ֤ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you were angry, קָצַ֙פְתָּ֙ (qā·ṣap̄·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7107.htm">Strong's 7107: </a> To crack off, burst out in rage for we sinned. וַֽנֶּחֱטָ֔א (wan·ne·ḥĕ·ṭā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn How can we be saved וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ (wə·niw·wā·šê·a‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor if we remain in our sins? עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:5 You meet him who rejoices and works (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 64:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 64:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:6" /></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>