Isaiah 64:7

“And there is no one who calls on your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have melted us by the hand of our iniquities.”

Isaiah 64:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 64:7, word by word

one who callsקוֹרֵאkore

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

Where else “kore” appears
on your nameשִׁמְshim

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shim” appears
who rouses himselfמִתְעוֹרֵרmitorer

awake

To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.

Where else “mitorer” appears
to take holdהַחֲזִיקhachazik

seize

To take hold of something or someone and not let go.

Where else “hachazik” appears
you have hiddenהִסְתַּרְתָּhistarta

hide the face

"Hide the face": withdraw favor.

Where else “histarta” appears
your faceפָנֶיfane

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “fane” appears
and have melted usתְּמוּגֵtemuge

lose heart

To lose courage from fear, to be left without strength.

Where else “temuge” appears
by the handיַדyad

through

Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.

Where else “yad” appears
of our iniquitiesעֲוֺנֵavone

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avone” appears

The context

6And we have become like the unclean, all of us, and like a garment of menstruation all our acts of righteousness; and we wither like the leaf, all of us, and our iniquities like the wind carry us away.

7 · This verse (above)

8But now, YHWH, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and the work of your hand are all of us.

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