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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

As we have the Lamentations of Jeremiah, so here we have the Lamentations of Isaiah; the subject of both is the same?the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans and the sin of Israel that brought that destruction?only with this difference, Isaiah sees it at a distance and laments it by the Spirit of prophecy, Jeremiah saw it accomplished. In these verses, I. The people of God in their affliction confess and bewail their sins, thereby justifying God in their afflictions, owning themselves... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as an unclean thing ,.... Or "we have been" F20 גהי "fuimus", V. L. Montanus. ; so all men are in a state of nature: man was made pure and holy, but by sinning became impure; and this impurity is propagated by natural generation, and belongs to all, none are free from it; and there is no cleansing from it but by the grace of God and blood of Christ: all are not sensible of it; some are, as the church here was, and owns it, and the universality of it, and compares... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

And there is none that calleth upon thy name ,.... Upon the Lord himself, who is gracious and merciful, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, and all sufficient, a God hearing and answering prayer, and the Father of his people; all which should engage to call upon him: or, "there is none that prays in thy name", as the Targum; none that prays to God in the name of his Son, the only Mediator between God and men; he is the way of access to the Father; his name is to be used and made mention... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, thou art our father ,.... Notwithstanding all that we have done against thee, and thou hast done to us, the relation of a father continues; thou art our Father by creation and adoption; as he was in a particular manner to the Jews, to whom belonged the adoption; and therefore this relation is pleaded, that mercy might be shown them; and so the Targum, "and thou, Lord, thy mercies towards us "are" many (or let them be many) as a father towards "his" children.' We are the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:9

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord ,.... They knew not how to deprecate the displeasure of God entirely; having sinned so greatly against him, they were sensible they deserved his wrath; but entreat it might not be hot and very vehement, and carried to the highest pitch, which would be intolerable: neither remember iniquity for ever ; to afflict and punish for it, but forgive it, for not to remember sin is to forgive it; and not inflict the deserved punishment of it, but take off and remove... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:6

As filthy rags - עדים iddim . Rab. Mosheh ben Maimon interpretatur עדים iddim , vestes quibus mulier se abstergit post congressum cum marito suo. Alii pannus menstruatus. Alii panni mulieris parientis . - And we ben made as unclene alle we: and as the cloth of the woman rooten blode flowing, all our rigtwisnesses. - Old MS. Bible. If preachers knew properly the meaning of this word, would they make such a liberal use of it in their public ministry? And why should any use a word,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:7

There is none - Twelve MSS. have אין ein , without the conjunction ו vau prefixed; and so read the Chaldee and Vulgate. And hast consumed us because of our iniquities "And hast delivered us up into the hands of our iniquities" - For ותמוגנו vattemugenu , "hast dissolved us," the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee had in their copies תמגננו temaggenenu , "hast delivered us up." Houbigant. Secker. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

But, now, O Lord, thou art our Father "But thou, O Jehovah, thou art our Father" - For ועתה veattah , and now, five MSS., one of them ancient, and the two oldest editions, 1486 and 1488, have ואתה veattah , and thou, and so the Chaldee seems to have read. The repetition has great force. The other word may be well spared. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father." How very affectionate is the complaint in this and the following verses! But how does the distress increase, when they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:9

Neither remember iniquity - For תזכר לעד laad tizcor , one of my MSS. has תקצף לעד laad tiktsoph , "be not angry," as in the preceding clause. This has been partially obliterated, and תזכר tizcor , written in the margin by a later hand: but this MS. abounds with words of this kind, all altered by later hands. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

ISRAEL 'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED . Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with favour ( Isaiah 63:15 ), Israel now asks for a theophany, or manifestation of the Divine Presence, such as they have experienced in the times of old, and such as shall suffice to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies ( Isaiah 64:1-4 ). With profound humility confessing their manifold and grievous iniquities, they beseech God once more, as their Father and Maker,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

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