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Isaiah 64:7

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֵין־ve.'ein-and there notH369 →
קוֹרֵ֣אko.Re'[is one who] callsH7121 →
בְשִׁמְךָ֔ve.shim.Khaon name yourH8034 →
מִתְעוֹרֵ֖רmit.'o.Rer[one who] rouses himselfH5782 →
לְהַחֲזִ֣יקle.ha.cha.Zikto take holdH2388 →
בָּ֑ךְBakhon <the> you
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּhis.Tar.tayou have hiddenH5641 →
פָנֶ֙יךָ֙fa.Nei.khaface yourH6440 →
מִמֶּ֔נּוּmi.Me.nufrom usH4480 →
וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּva.te.mu.Ge.nuand you have melted usH4127 →
בְּיַד־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027 →
עֲוֹנֵֽנוּ׃'a.vo.Ne.nuiniquity ourH5771 →

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Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.Ezekiel 22:30I 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.Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.Isaiah 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”Hosea 7:7All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?Ezekiel 24:11Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.Isaiah 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—Deuteronomy 32:19–25When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.Ezekiel 22:18–22“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.Job 8:4When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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