Isaiah 64:2
At thy presence, had mountains, quaked: As fire kindleth brushwood, [As] fire causeth, water, to boil, So if thou wouldst make known thy Name to thine adversaries, At thy presence, nations, would tremble.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,
Cross References
Exodus 14:4So will I let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold, and he will pursue them, that I may get me honour over Pharaoh, and over all his forces, and the Egyptians shall know, that I, am Yahweh. And they did so.
Deuteronomy 2:25This day, will I begin to extend the dread of thee and the fear of thee over the face of the peoples under all the heavens,—who will hear the report of thee, then will they quake and writhe in pain because of thee.
1 Kings 8:41Moreover also, unto the stranger, who is, not of thy people Israel,—but hath come in out of a far country, for the sake of thy Name,—
Psalms 46:10Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 67:1God, be favorable to us and bless us, Cause his face to shine upon us. [Selah.]
Psalms 83:13O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:2-6
Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 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! 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of… Read the whole commentary →