Isaiah 64:5

Thou meetest him. Thou didst meet him. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 32:1). App-92.

that rejoiceth. who was rejoicing, &c.

art wroth. wert, or wast wroth.

sinned. Hebrew. chata. App-44.

those is continuance. those [ways of Thine] is continuance. Same word as "since the beginning" in Isaiah 64:4. Compare Isaiah 63:9; Isaiah 63:11; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 63:19.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 64:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou meetest him - Perhaps there are few verses in the Bible that have given more perplexity to interpreters than this; and after all that has be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou meetest him (d) that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy (e) ways: behold, thou art angry; for we have sinned...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Thou hast met. He proceeds with the same subject; for the people deplore their hard lot, that they feel no alleviation in their adversity...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in tho...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth, &c.— Thou meetest with joy those who work righteousness; who in thy ways remember thee. Lo! thou art angry; f...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation at Sinai ( Exodus 19:18 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou meetest him... — The “meeting” is obviously one of favour. That was the law of God’s dealings with men. He met, in this sense, those who at on...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The praise and confession merge into a prayer in which the sore need of the people is first described, and then a cry full of intense anguish is lift...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

To the earnest cry of the soul, that went up in the preceding supplication, the humbling of the soul, in the deepest self abasement of spirit, which...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth ,.... Not in a carnal way, nor in a sinful manner, nor in a hypocritical one, or in vain boastings, all such rejoici...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in tho...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth , &c. “Thou preventest, with the blessings of thy goodness, those that take pleasure in the ways of thy commandm...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. B. C. 706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou meetest him; or, wast wont to meet him; or, thou preventest him, Isaiah 65:24 Psalms 21:2,3 , as the father the prodigal. That rejoice...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:1-2 . Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, as when t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:1 . A new scene of prophetic events opens here, where the prophet in time of trouble cries the more in spirit to the Messiah. Oh that tho...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Appeal to Jehovah to Forsake His Wrath
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Meetest — As the father the prodigal. Worketh — That rejoices to work righteousness. Continuance — To those that work righteousness. Be saved — In...

⁵ Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 64:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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