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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

The cry of humiliation and of hope. I. THE CONFESSION . "Woe are we, for we are unclean!" Like the leper, dwelling alone without the camp (Le 13:44-46), so is the people; as he is cut off from the society of men, so they from the converse of God; or as something ceremonially polluted and defiled (Le Isaiah 5:2 ; Deuteronomy 14:19 ), or morally defiled ( Job 14:4 ). The language carries a feeling of intense abhorrence. Under another figure, their penal offences have "carried... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as an unclean thing ; rather, we are all become as one who is unclean (comp. Isaiah 35:8 ; Isaiah 52:1 ). A moral leprosy is upon us. We are like the leprous man, who has to rend his clothes, and to go about crying " Tame ! tame !" "Unclean: unclean!" that those who hear may get out of his way. All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; or, as a menstruous garment (see Lamentations 1:17 ). In the best deeds of the best men there is some taint of evil. As... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

Life as a leaf. There are three volumes in the great work of God by which he is educating us—the written Word, Divine providence, and the world in which he has placed us. There are many pages in this last volume, and we do well to read them with reverent spirit. We may learn many things from the vegetation which clothes and adorns the world, and which supplies us with food and medicine and shelter. The fading of the leaf is particularly suggestive; we are reminded that— I. ALL IS ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

The sincere man's estimate of himself. "For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away." This is the language indeed of an intercessor, of one who speaks as representing the nation, and tries to speak as the nation should speak. But such a man must get at the knowledge of the condition of the nation by a deep and true estimate of his own real self. There is no... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

There is none that calleth on thy Name . A hyperbole, like Psalms 19:1 , Psalms 19:3 , "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,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

The averted face. "Thou hast bid thy face from us. " If so we cannot be happy. The universe itself will refuse to strike out its sweetest notes of joy for us. It is a Father's world, and must have a Father's love in it all to make us blessed! One of the oldest, sweetest prayers in the Bible is, "God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us." The Christian must have this blessing. You say, "Ah! but men of the world can enjoy nature and society without God."... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

Taking hold of God. We do well to associate with the words of the text those of Isaiah 27:5 , "Let him take hold of my strength;" thus connected, we have before us— I. THAT WHICH CONSTITUTES GOD 'S STRENGTH TO US , or that in him of which we have the greatest need. The strength of the father is, to the family, his providing and directing power; the strength of the mother is her affection and her unfailing sympathy; the strength of the elder brother is his protection, of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, thou art our Father (see the comment on Isaiah 63:16 ). We are the clay, and thou our Potter (comp. Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 45:9 ). Thy hands have made us and fashioned us, both as individuals and as a nation. Thou hast lavished thy labour and thy skill upon us. Surely thou wilt not "forsake the work of thine own hands" ( Psalms 138:8 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

Our Father and our Potter. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou cur Potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." The prophet here is making no such assertion of the absolute sovereignty of God as we associate with the figure of the potter because of St. Paul's use of it in Romans 9:20 , Romans 9:21 . Here the power of the great Potter is made the ground of prayer. "The clay intreats him to fashion it according to his will, and has faith in his readiness, as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

Pleas for mercy. Israel had three main grounds on which they could rely in pleading to God for mercy. I. GOD WAS THEIR MAKER . The framer of a work cannot see without dissatisfaction the destruction of his work, or its deterioration, or its depravation to purposes lower. than those intended for it. This dissatisfaction is the greater, the more considerable the labour and the thought that has been expended upon the work, the greater the care that has been taken of it, the longer... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

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