Isaiah 64:1 Parallel Translations

If only you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence.(GOD'S WORD®)

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

ASV:

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

BBE:

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

DBY:

Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

ERV:

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence;

JPS:

Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence,

WBS:

Oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,\

WEB:

Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,

YLT:

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,

Isaiah 64:1 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 19:18 Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Judges 5:5 "The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, This Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Psalm 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Psalm 68:8 The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalm 144:5 Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Micah 1:3 For behold, the LORD is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.

Nahum 1:5 Mountains quake because of Him And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.

Habakkuk 3:13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

64:1 O that thou wouldest {a} rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
(a) The prophet continues his prayer, desiring God to declare his love toward his Church by miracles and mighty power, as he did in mount Sinai.

WES:

64:1 Rent - A metaphor taken from men, that when they would resolutely help one in distress, break and fling open doors and whatever may hinder. Flow down - That all impediments might be removed out of the way: possibly an allusion to God's coming down upon mount Sinai, in those terrible flames of fire.

MHC:

64:1-5 They desire that God would manifest himself to them and for them, so that all may see it. This is applicable to the second coming of Christ, when the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. They plead what God had used to do, and had declared his gracious purpose to do, for his people. They need not fear being disappointed of it, for it is sure; or disappointed in it, for it is sufficient. The happiness of his people is bound up in what God has designed for them, and is preparing for them, and preparing them for; what he has done or will do. Can we believe this, and then think any thing too great to expect from his truth, power, and love? It is spiritual and cannot be comprehended by human understanding. It is ever ready. See what communion there is between a gracious God and a gracious soul. We must make conscience of doing our duty in every thing the Lord our God requires. Thou meetest him; this speaks his freeness and forwardness in doing them good. Though God has been angry with us for our sins, and justly, yet his anger has soon ended; but in his favour is life, which goes on and continues, and on that we depend for our salvation.

CONC:

Boiling Broken Brushwood Feared Fire Flames Flow Haters Heat Heavens Mountains Nations O Oh Open Presence Presence- Puts Quake Rend Shaking Tear Tremble Wouldest Wouldst

Boiling Broken Brushwood Feared Fire Flames Flow Haters Heat Heavens Mountains Nations Open Presence Puts Quake Rend Shaking Tear Tremble Water Wouldest

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