Isaiah

Isaiah 64:5–7

⁵You welcome those who gladly do right,

who remember Your ways.

Surely You were angry, for we sinned.

How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

⁶Each of us has become like something unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;^b

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^c of our iniquity.

Footnotes

b 64:6 Or like a stained menstrual garment
c 64:7 LXX, Syriac, and Targum Yonaton; MT have made us melt in the hand

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Isaiah 64:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You welcome	פָּגַ֤עְתָּ	pā·ḡa‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6293 meet, encounter, reach
those who gladly	שָׂשׂ֙	śāś	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7797 exult, rejoice
do	וְעֹ֣שֵׂה	wə·‘ō·śêh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H6213 do, make
right	צֶ֔דֶק	ṣe·ḏeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
who remember	יִזְכְּר֑וּךָ	yiz·kə·rū·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular	H2142 remember
Your ways	בִּדְרָכֶ֖יךָ	biḏ·rā·ḵe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
Surely	הֵן־	hên-	Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
You	אַתָּ֤ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
were angry	קָצַ֙פְתָּ֙	qā·ṣap̄·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7107 be wroth
for we sinned	וַֽנֶּחֱטָ֔א	wan·ne·ḥĕ·ṭā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural	H2398 miss
How can we be saved	וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃	wə·niw·wā·šê·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural	H3467 deliver
if we remain in our sins	עוֹלָ֖ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity

Isaiah 64:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Each of us	כֻּלָּ֔נוּ	kul·lā·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H3605 the whole, all
has become	וַנְּהִ֤י	wan·nə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like something unclean	כַטָּמֵא֙	ḵaṭ·ṭā·mê	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean
and all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
our righteous acts	צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ	ṣiḏ·qō·ṯê·nū	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common plural	H6666 righteousness
are like filthy	עִדִּ֖ים	‘id·dîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5708 menstrual, soiling
rags	וּכְבֶ֥גֶד	ū·ḵə·ḇe·ḡeḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H899 treachery
we all	כֻּלָּ֔נוּ	kul·lā·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H3605 the whole, all
wither	וַנָּ֤בֶל	wan·nā·ḇel	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural	H5034 be senseless, foolish
like a leaf	כֶּֽעָלֶה֙	ke·‘ā·leh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5929 leaf, leafage
and our iniquities	וַעֲוֺנֵ֖נוּ	wa·‘ă·wō·nê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common plural construct; first person common plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
carry us away	יִשָּׂאֻֽנוּ׃	yiś·śā·’u·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
like the wind	כָּר֥וּחַ	kā·rū·aḥ	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit

Isaiah 64:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	וְאֵין־	wə·’ên-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one calls	קוֹרֵ֣א	qō·w·rê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
on Your name	בְשִׁמְךָ֔	ḇə·šim·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name
strives	מִתְעוֹרֵ֖ר	miṯ·‘ō·w·rêr	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
to take hold	לְהַחֲזִ֣יק	lə·ha·ḥă·zîq	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
of You	בָּ֑ךְ	bāḵ	Preposition; second person masculine singular
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
You have hidden	הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּ	his·tar·tā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5641 hide, conceal
Your face	פָנֶ֙יךָ֙	p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
from us	מִמֶּ֔נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
and delivered us	וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּ	wat·tə·mū·ḡê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common plural	H4127 melt
into the hand	בְּיַד־	bə·yaḏ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of our iniquity	עֲוֺנֵֽנוּ׃	‘ă·wō·nê·nū	Noun - common singular construct; first person common plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity

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Isaiah 64:5 Acts 10:35 · Hebrews 4:16 · Philippians 3:13–15

Isaiah 64:6 Romans 7:18 · Romans 7:24 · Ephesians 2:1–2 · Revelation 3:17–18 · Zechariah 3:3 · Isaiah 53:6 · Job 42:5–6 · Titus 3:3 · Job 25:4 · Job 14:4 · Philippians 3:9 · Isaiah 46:12

Isaiah 64:7 Ezekiel 22:30 · Isaiah 50:2 · Hosea 7:14 · Isaiah 59:16 · Hosea 7:7 · Isaiah 54:8 · Isaiah 59:2 · Isaiah 27:5 · Hosea 5:15 · Ezekiel 22:18–22 · Deuteronomy 32:19–25 · Isaiah 57:17

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