Isaiah 64:7
New International Version
No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins.

New Living Translation
Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And 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 because of our iniquities.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
There is no one who calls on Your name, Who awakens and 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].

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

American Standard 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 by means of our iniquities.

Contemporary English Version
No one worships in your name or remains faithful. You have turned your back on us and let our sins melt us away.

English Revised 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 by means of our iniquities.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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.

Good News Translation
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.

International Standard Version
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.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
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.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
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.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
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.

New American Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
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.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

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Context
A Prayer for God's Power
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. 7No 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. 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.…

Cross References
Psalm 14:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Romans 3:11-12
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.”

Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Hosea 7:7
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

Psalm 53:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Romans 3:9-10
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.

Lamentations 5:20-22
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.

Ezekiel 22:30
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.

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

2 Chronicles 15:2
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.

Zephaniah 1:6
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

Psalm 79:8-9
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.

1 Peter 3:12
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.”

2 Timothy 3:4-5
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!

Jeremiah 2:27
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!’


Treasury of Scripture

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.

there is

Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there 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 there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Isaiah 59:16
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

to take

Isaiah 27:5
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

Isaiah 56:4
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

hast hid

Isaiah 57:17
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.

Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Deuteronomy 31:17
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 is not among us?

consumed.

Jeremiah 9:7
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?

Ezekiel 22:18-22
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver…

Ezekiel 24:11
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

because.

Job 8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

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Isaiah 64
1. The church prays for the illustration of God's power
4. Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions
9. It complains of their afflictions














No one calls on Your name
This phrase highlights a profound spiritual apathy and neglect among the people. 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.

or strives to take hold of You
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 Genesis 32. 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.

For You have hidden Your face from us
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.

and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity
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.

(7) 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--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 Romans 1:21-24.

Verse 7. - There is none that calleth on thy Name. A hyperbole, like Psalm 19:1, 3, "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 "prayed and did not faint." That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee. 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. And hast consumed us, because of our iniquities; rather, and hast delivered us into the power (literally, hand) of our iniquities. Men's sins are their masters, and exercise a tyrannical control over them, which they are often quite unable to resist (comp. Ezekiel 33:10, "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 Romans 1:24, 26, 28).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No
וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one calls
קוֹרֵ֣א (qō·w·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

on Your name
בְשִׁמְךָ֔ (ḇə·šim·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

[or] strives
מִתְעוֹרֵ֖ר (miṯ·‘ō·w·rêr)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

to take hold of You.
לְהַחֲזִ֣יק (lə·ha·ḥă·zîq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You have hidden
הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּ (his·tar·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

Your face
פָנֶ֙יךָ֙ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

from us
מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

and made us melt
וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּ (wat·tə·mū·ḡê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 4127: To melt

in the hand
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of our iniquity.
עֲוֺנֵֽנוּ׃ (‘ă·wō·nê·nū)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity


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