Isaiah 64:1
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
2 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!
3 When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
- KJV
- Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest 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—
- ASV
- Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
- DARBY
- Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
- BLB
- If only You would rend the heavens [and] come down; at Your presence the mountains would shake,
- OTB
- Om du bare ville åpne himmelen og komme ned, så fjellene kunne skjelve for ditt åsyn—
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 1:3–4
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
Read in contextMark 1:10
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
Read in contextExodus 19:18–19
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.
Read in contextNahum 1:5–6
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
Read in contextPsalms 144:5–6
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Read in contextPsalms 68:8
the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
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