Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 64:7

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 .

Or yet, there is none. i. [illegible: 1+ letters]. Few, Psa. 14. 3. they are not to be discerned among the multitude.

Such as call upon thee as they ought, [illegible: 1 word] Iacob▪ and Mo[illegible: 1+ letters]es, and David, &c. did, which often prevents the [illegible: 1 word] of a state, or kingdom, it points out the universal Apostacy of the [illegible: 1+ letters]ast times of the Jewish state, for which they were cut off.

Either to stay thee from departing from us, see L[illegible: 1+ letters]k. 24. 28, 29. or to fetch thee back, when departed, Ier. 12. 7. or it is an Allegorical allusion to one struck down and still smitten, but never stirs to lay hold on the arm, that smites him, ch. 27. 5. it notes their great s[illegible: 1+ letters]oathfulness, and carelesness▪ and some refer it to their lukewarmness, and dead heartedness relying upon their priviledges before they went into [illegible: 1 word], and so a [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] their approaching Judgments.

Or [illegible: 1 word] ▪ so the [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] ▪ Iob 5. 21. Psa. 75. 2.

Or m[illegible: 1+ letters]lted; our sins [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] fire of thy wrath, that we are melted with it.

[illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] of our iniquities. i. e. Either, in the place of our iniquities, the land wherein they were Committed, or, into the hands of our iniquities to be punished by them, and as it were [illegible: 1 word] ▪ or melted down, or our strength exhausted by them, as wax before the fire, Lev. 26. 39. Ezek. 33. 10. or, as we translate it, our iniquities being the procuring cause of it.

Marginal references: Hos. 7. 7.; Heb. [illegible: 1 word].