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Isaiah 64

Isa. 64:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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luw' (Hebrew #3863)
or luw {loo}; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
KJV usage: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Pronounce: loo
Origin: or lu {loo}
x that thou wouldest rend
qara` (Hebrew #7167)
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
KJV usage: cut out, rend, X surely, tear.
Pronounce: kaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, that thou wouldest come down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
, that the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
y might flow down
zalal (Hebrew #2151)
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
KJV usage: blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
Pronounce: zaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2107)
at thy presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
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Psa. 144:5• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens and come down;{HR}Touch (on) the mountains, and they smoke. (Psa. 144:5)
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Judg. 5:5• 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah,{HR}That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:5)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:4)

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Heaven,
Mountain Mount

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The church prays for the illustration of God's power.
4-8:  Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions.
9-12:  It complains of their afflictions.
Oh that.
Psa. 18:7‑15• 7Then the earth shaketh and trembleth,{HR}And the foundations of mountains are moved;{HR}They are shaken because he was angry.
 8There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
 9And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
 10And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire.
 14And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfiteth them.
 15And the channels of waters are seen,{HR}And the foundations of the world are made bare through thy rebuke,{HR}O Jehovah, through the breath of the wind of thy wrath, (Psa. 18:7‑15)
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Psa. 144:5‑6• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens and come down;{HR}Touch (on) the mountains, and they smoke.
 6Shine out lightnings, and scatter them;{HR}Send thine arrows, and discomfit them. (Psa. 144:5‑6)
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Mark 1:10• 10And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens cleaving asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him. (Mark 1:10)
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Mark 1•  (Mark 1)
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that thou wouldest come.
Isa. 63:15• 15Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies? Are they restrained toward me? (Isa. 63:15)
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Ex. 3:8• 8and 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 and large land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. (Ex. 3:8)
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Ex. 19:11,18‑19• 11and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
 18And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.
 19And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. (Ex. 19:11,18‑19)
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Mic. 1:3‑4• 3For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
 4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:3‑4)
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Hab. 3:1‑13• 1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on Shigionoth.
 2O Jehovah, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid.
 3God came from Teman,
 4And his brightness was as the sunlight;
 5Before him went the pestilence,
 6He stood, and made the earth tremble:
 7I saw the tents of Chushan in affliction:
 8Was Jehovah displeased against the rivers?
 9Thy bow was made quite naked,
 10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:
 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:
 12Thou didst march through the land in indignation,
 13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, (Hab. 3:1‑13)
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Judg. 5:4‑5• 4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir,{HR}When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom,{HR}The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,{HR}Yea, the clouds dropped water.{HR}
 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah,{HR}That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:4‑5)
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Psa. 46:6• 6Nations raged, kingdoms were moved:{HR}He uttered his voice; the earth melteth. (Psa. 46:6)
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Psa. 68:8• 8The earth trembled, yea the heavens dropped from before God,{HR}This Sinai from before God, the God of Israel. (Psa. 68:8)
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Psa. 114:4‑7• 4The mountains skipped like rams,{HR}The hills like lambs.
 5What ailed ([was] to) thee, thou (the) sea, that thou didst flee?{HR}Thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
 6Ye mountains, skipped ye like rams?{HR}Ye hills like lambs?
 7At the presence of the Lord tremble, O earth,{HR}At the presence of the God of Jacob, (Psa. 114:4‑7)
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Amos 9:5,13• 5And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.
 13Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. (Amos 9:5,13)
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Nah. 1:5‑6• 5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
 6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. (Nah. 1:5‑6)
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2 Peter 3:10‑12• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.
 11All these things being thus to be dissolved, of what sort ought ye to be in holy ways and godliness,
 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements in fervent heat shall melt? (2 Peter 3:10‑12)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. (Rev. 20:11)
• He desired that God would personally intervene in power and in judgment. (“Isaiah 64” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "quake."

W. Kelly Translation

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