Isaiah 64:1
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Isaiah 64:1 in other translations
| BSB | If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, |
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| WEB | Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— |
| ASV | Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, |
| YLT | Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, |
| DARBY | Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, — that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, |
| BBE | O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, |
| Webster | Oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, |
What does Isaiah 64:1 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The whole of this chapter, which is very pathetic and tender, may be considered as a formulary of prayer and humiliation intended for the Jews in order to their conversion, Isa 64:1-12. Verse 1 O that thou wouldest rend the heavens - This seems to allude to the wonderful manifestation of God upon Mount Sinai.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 64:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Isaiah 64:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 64:1
- Micah 1:3-4
For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Mark 1:10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
- Exodus 19:18-19
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
- Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
- Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Psalms 144:5-6
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Psalms 68:8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
- Habakkuk 3:1-13
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. …
- Amos 9:13
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
- Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Psalms 18:7-15
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4 Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions.
9 It complains of their afflictions.
Oh that.
Ps 18:7-15; 144:5,6; Mr 1:10; *marg:
that thou wouldest come.
63:15; Ex 3:8; 19:11,18,19; Mic 1:3,4; Hab 3:1-13
that the.
Jud 5:4,5; Ps 46:6; 68:8; 114:4-7; Am 9:5,13; Na 1:5,6; 2Pe 3:10-12
Re 20:11
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Context
- Isaiah 64:1
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
- Isaiah 64:2
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Isaiah 64:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡OH si rompieses los cielos, y descendieras, y á tu presencia se escurriesen los montes, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | descendre comme le feu brûle les broussailles, comme le feu fait bouillonner l’eau, pour faire connaître ton nom à tes ennemis, en sorte que les nations tremblent devant toi! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | "O daß du die Himmel zerrissest, herniederführest, daß vor deinem Angesicht die Berge erbebten, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Utinam dirumperes cælos, et descenderes; a facie tua montes defluerent; |