Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadJohn Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:7 - 64:7
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
Isa_64:7 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.
Ver. 7. And there is none that calleth upon thy name,] i.e., Very few; {a} for that God had then a praying people, this very prayer declareth; but they were drowned in the multitude, being scarce discernible.
That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee.] That rouseth up himself and wrestleth with God, laying hold on him by faith and prayer, resolved to retain him. Let us go forth, as Samson did, and shake up ourselves against that indevotion and spiritual sloth that will creep upon us in doing good. See for this Mr Whitfield’s Help to Stirring Up, an excellent treatise, written upon this text.
For thou hast hid thy face from us.] Or, Though thou hast hid thy face, Ne tuis quidem ferulis caesi resipuimus.
{a} Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.