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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; touch the mountains, that they smoke; (Psa. 144:5)
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Judg. 5:5• 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:5)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:4)

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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.
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Psa. 18:7‑15• 7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
 9And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
 10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
 11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
 14And he sent his arrows, and scattered mine enemies; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
 15And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. (Psa. 18:7‑15)
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Psa. 144:5‑6• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
 6Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth 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 parting 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 tender 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 spacious land, 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. (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 melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:3‑4)
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Hab. 3:1‑13• 1A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
 2Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, and I feared. Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known: In wrath remember mercy!
 3+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise.
 4And his brightness was as the light; Rays came forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
 5Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
 6He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.
 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
 8Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation?
 9Thy bow was made naked, The rods of discipline sworn according to thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
 10The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth,--At the shining of thy glittering spear.
 12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.
 13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah. (Hab. 3:1‑13)
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Judg. 5:4‑5• 4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir, When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom, The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:4‑5)
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Psa. 46:6• 6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. (Psa. 46:6)
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Psa. 68:8• 8The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel. (Psa. 68:8)
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Psa. 114:4‑7• 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
 5What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
 6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?
 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, 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, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt. (Amos 9:5,13)
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Nah. 1:5‑6• 5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
 6Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder 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 will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
 11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with 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 on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found 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."