Isaiah 64:1

O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2As fire kindleth the dry stubble, As fire causeth water to boil, To make known thy name to thine adversaries, That the nations might tremble at thy presence;

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Cross References

Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked and trembled; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken, Because his wrath was kindled.

Psalms 68:8The earth quaked, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God; This Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, And the hills like lambs.

Psalms 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD! and come down; Touch the mountains, so that they shall smoke!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:1

This chapter goes on with that pathetic pleading prayer which the church offered up to God in the latter part of the foregoing chapter. They had argued from their covenant-relation to God and his interest and concern in them; now here, I. They pray that God would appear in some remarkable and surprising manner for them against his and their enemies, ver. 1, 2 . II. They plead what God had formerly done, and was always ready to do, for his people, ver. 3-5 . III. They confess themselves to be sinful and unworthy of… Read the whole commentary →

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