Isaiah 64:7

“And there is none that calleth upon thy name, &c.] 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 of in prayer; acceptance is only through him, and all favours are conveyed by him; (see <431413>John 14:13,14 16:23,24), not that there were absolutely none at all that prayed to God, and called upon or…”

“stirreth--rouseth himself from spiritual drowsiness. take hold-- (Isa 27:5).”

“And there is none that calleth upon thy name - The nation is corrupt and degenerate. None worship God in sincerity. That stirreth up himself - The word used here (מתעורר mite‛ôrēr) refers to the effort which is requisite to rouse oneself when oppressed by a spirit of heavy slumber; and the idea here is, that the nation was sunk in spiritual torpor, and that the same effort was needful to excite it which was requisite to rouse one who had sunk down to deep sleep. How aptly this describes the state of a sinful world! How much disposed is that world to give itself to spiritual slumber! How indisposed to rouse itself to call upon God! No man rises to God without effort; and unless men make an…”

“That calleth - That call upon thee as they ought. Take hold - Either to stay thee from departing from us, or to fetch thee back when departed. Isaiah 64:8”

“64:7 you have turned away from us: See 1:15; 30:20; 59:2. • turned us over to our sins: Because the people were so bent on sinning, God left them to perish in their sinful ways (see Rom 1:24).”

“there is: Isa 50:2, Isa 59:16; Psa 14:4; Eze 22:30; Hos 7:7, Hos 7:14 to take: Isa 27:5, Isa 56:4 hast hid: Isa 57:17, Isa 59:2; Deu 31:17, Deu 32:19-25; Hos 5:15 consumed: Heb. melted, Jer 9:7; Eze 22:18-22, Eze 24:11 because: Heb. by the hand, as, Job 8:4 \*marg. Isaiah 64:8”

“(8-9) This was the case when the measure of Israel's sins had become full. They were carried into exile, where they sank deeper and deeper. The great mass of the people proved themselves to be really massa perdita, and perished among the heathen. But there were some, though a vanishingly small number, who humbled themselves under the mighty hand of God, and, when redemption could not be far off, wrestled in such prayers as these, that the nation might share it in its entirety, and if possible not one be left behind. With ועתּה the existing state of sin and punishment is placed among the things of the past, and the petition presented that the present moment of prayer may have all the…”