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How the mountains would quake in your presence!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/64.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/64.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Oh, that You would tear open the heavens <i>and</i> come down, That the mountains would quake at Your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Oh, that Thou wouldst rend the heavens <i>and</i> come down, That the mountains might quake at Thy presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/64.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Oh, that You would rend the heavens <i>and</i> come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only You would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/64.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Rip the heavens apart! Come down, LORD; make the mountains tremble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/64.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If only you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/64.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why don't you tear the sky open and come down? The mountains would see you and shake with fear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/64.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/64.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/64.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,\<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/64.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Did You not tear the heavens? You came down, "" Mountains flowed from Your presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Would that thou didst rend the heavens; thou camest down; the mountains flowed from before thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />THAT thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/64.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/64.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />OH that thou wouldst rend the heavens and that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flee at thy presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Have you not opened Heaven and come down? And the mountains quaked from before you!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, That the mountains might quake at Thy presence, As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, And the fire causeth the waters to boil; To make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, That the nations might tremble at Thy presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If thou wouldest open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/64-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14031" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/64.htm">A Prayer for God's Power</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3863.htm" title="3863: lū- (Prep) -- If, oh that. Or lu; or luw; a conditional particle; if; by implication would that!">If only</a> <a href="/hebrew/7167.htm" title="7167: qā·ra‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To tear. A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively.">You would rend</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šā·ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yā·raḏ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">and come down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">so that mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/2151.htm" title="2151: nā·zōl·lū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to shake, i.e. To quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal.">would quake</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pā·ne·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">at Your presence,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a></span><br />Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5</a></span><br />Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-3.htm">Micah 1:3-4</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. / The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4-5</a></span><br />O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water. / The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5</a></span><br />The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-9.htm">Psalm 18:9</a></span><br />He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-8.htm">Psalm 68:8</a></span><br />the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6</a></span><br />He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a></span><br />The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deuteronomy 32:22</a></span><br />For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm">2 Samuel 22:10</a></span><br />He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a></span><br />Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a></span><br />At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-8</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a></span><br />The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence,</p><p class="hdg">oh that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7-15</a></b></br> Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5,6</a></b></br> Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/1-10.htm">Mark 1:10</a></b></br> And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:</p><p class="hdg">that thou wouldest come</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a></b></br> Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where <i>is</i> thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-11.htm">Exodus 19:11,18,19</a></b></br> And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai… </p><p class="hdg">that the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4,5</a></b></br> LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/46-6.htm">Psalm 46:6</a></b></br> The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-8.htm">Psalm 68:8</a></b></br> The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: <i>even</i> Sinai itself <i>was moved</i> at the presence of God, the God of Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Boiling</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/38-40.htm">Brushwood</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-10.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-21.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-5.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-8.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/1-13.htm">Boiling</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Brushwood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-24.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 64</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">The church prays for the illustration of God's power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">It complains of their afflictions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of "rending the heavens" suggests a dramatic and powerful act of God breaking through the barriers between heaven and earth. This reflects the Israelites' desire for God to manifest His presence in a tangible way, reminiscent of past theophanies such as at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18-20</a>). The plea for God to "come down" indicates a yearning for His immediate and personal involvement in the affairs of His people, highlighting their dependence on His power and presence. This echoes the messianic hope for God to dwell among His people, ultimately fulfilled in the incarnation of Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).<p><b>so that mountains would quake at Your presence</b><br>The quaking of mountains symbolizes the overwhelming power and majesty of God. In biblical literature, mountains often represent stability and permanence, yet they tremble before the Creator (<a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a>). This imagery recalls instances where God's presence caused natural phenomena, such as the shaking of Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>) and the splitting of the Mount of Olives prophesied in <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Zechariah 14:4</a>. The quaking serves as a metaphor for the transformative impact of God's presence, which can alter the natural order and bring about significant change. It also foreshadows the eschatological shaking of the heavens and the earth, as described in <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26-27</a>, pointing to the ultimate establishment of God's unshakeable kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, speaking to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, calling them to repentance and hope in God's deliverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a></b><br>The sky or the realm above the earth, often seen as the dwelling place of God in biblical literature.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains.htm">Mountains</a></b><br>Symbolic of stability and strength, often representing obstacles or challenges that can be moved by God's power.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a></b><br>The manifestation of God's power and glory, which Isaiah longs to see in a tangible and transformative way.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, facing impending judgment and in need of divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/longing_for_divine_intervention.htm">Longing for Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Isaiah's cry reflects a deep yearning for God to intervene in the world. Believers today can relate to this desire, seeking God's presence in times of trouble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_over_creation.htm">God's Power Over Creation</a></b><br>The imagery of mountains quaking at God's presence reminds us of His supreme power over creation. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ability to overcome any obstacle.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Isaiah's plea is set against a backdrop of national sin and impending judgment. It serves as a reminder of the need for personal and communal repentance to invite God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>Despite the dire circumstances, Isaiah's words are filled with hope for God's promised deliverance. Christians are encouraged to hold onto God's promises in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_christ's_return.htm">Anticipation of Christ's Return</a></b><br>The longing for God to "rend the heavens" can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the second coming of Christ, when He will fully establish His kingdom.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/64.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>LXIV.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Oh that thou wouldest rend . . .</span>--The division of chapters hinders the English reader from seeing that this is really a continuation of the prayer of <a href="/context/isaiah/63-15.htm" title="Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the sounding of your bowels and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained?">Isaiah 63:15-19</a>. The prophet asks that Jehovan may not only "look down" from heaven, but may rend, as it were, the dark clouds that hide the light of His countenance from His people, and that the mountains might <span class= "ital">tremble </span>at His presence. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/68-8.htm" title="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.">Psalm 68:8</a>; <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm" title="And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.">Exodus 19:18</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/64.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-12.</span> - ISRAEL'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED. Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with favour (<a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a>), Israel now asks for a theophany, or manifestation of the Divine Presence, such as they have experienced in the times of old, and such as shall suffice to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies (vers. 1-4). With profound humility confessing their manifold and grievous iniquities, they beseech God once more, as their Father and Maker, to have pity upon them, reminding him of the desolate condition of Judaea and Jerusalem, and urging him no longer to "refrain himself" (vers. 5-12). "The manner," as Mr. Cheyne observes, "is that of a liturgical psalm; the prophet, as it were, leads the devotions of the assembled Church," and utters in impassioned language the feelings which deeply move them. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Oh that thou wouldest rend the</span> <span class="cmt_word">heavens!</span> God "dwells in the thick darkness" (<a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">2 Chronicles 6:1</a>). "Thick clouds are a covering to him" as he "walketh in the circuit of heaven" (<a href="/job/22-14.htm">Job 22:14</a>). The Church would have the covering "rent," and God show himself openly, both to his people and to their enemies. <span class="cmt_word">That thou wouldest come down!</span> God" came down" ou Sinai in the sight of all the people (<a href="/exodus/19-11.htm">Exodus 19:11, 20</a>). David saw him in vision "bow the heavens and <span class="accented">come down</span>; and there was darkness under his feet" (<a href="/psalms/18-9.htm">Psalm 18:9</a>). It is such an "epiphany" which the Church now desires - a revelation of God in all his glory, in his might as against "the nations" (ver. 2), in his mercifulness as towards themselves. <span class="cmt_word">That the mountains might flow down</span>; or, <span class="accented">quake.</span> When God descended on Sinai, "the whole mount quaked greatly" (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>). When he appeared to David, "the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken" (<a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7</a>). When he was seen of Elijah, "a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; and after the wind was an earthquake" (<a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11</a>). Micah saw the Lord "coming forth out of his place," and "the mountains were molten under him, and the valleys cleft" (<a href="/micah/1-3.htm">Micah 1:3, 4</a>). The mountains represent that which is most firm and solid and strong upon the face of the earth. If even they "melt and flow and tremble" at the presence of God, what might must his be! And who may abide him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/64-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If only</span><br /><span class="heb">לוּא־</span> <span class="translit">(lū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">You would rend</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרַ֤עְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ra‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7167.htm">Strong's 7167: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the heavens</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֙יִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and come down,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרַ֔דְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·raḏ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would quake</span><br /><span class="heb">נָזֹֽלּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(nā·zōl·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2151.htm">Strong's 2151: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shake, to quake, to be loose morally, worthless, prodigal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Your presence,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:1 Oh that you would tear the heavens (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/63-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 63:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 63:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 64:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 64:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>