Isaiah 64:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens - That is, in view of the considerations urged in the previous chapter. In view of the fact that the templ...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

O that thou wouldest (a) rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, (a) The prophet continu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 63:15 to Isaiah 64:9 . A Fervent Prayer to Yahweh to Intervene again for His Children. The appeal rings like a litany, reminding Yahweh,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Oh, &c. Figure of speech Euche. Isaiah 6 . is joined to Isaiah 6 . by the Massoretic pointing. flow down . quake. The reference is to Sin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. O that thou wouldest rend the heavens! The particle לוא ( lu) appears to me, in this passage, to denote a wish; for, although it has ma...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, O that thou wouldest rend t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Oh that thou wouldst rend, &c.— Wouldst rend, &c. Isaiah 64:2 as the fire kindleth the dry fuel; as the fire causeth the waters to boi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, Oh that thou woulde...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation at Sinai ( Exodus 19:18 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

LXIV. (1) Oh that thou wouldest rend... — The division of Chapter s hinders the English reader from seeing that this is really a continuation of...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1-24 WE might well have thought, that with the section we hav...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry for Pardon Isaiah 64:1-12 The great past , Isaiah 64:1-5 . We are introduced to the prophet's oratory and hear the outpourings of his...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The praise and confession merge into a prayer in which the sore need of the people is first described, and then a cry full of intense anguish is lift...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter is one continued strain of prayer, from beginning to, end. It is to the same amount in supplication, as the conclusion of the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a most fervent, animated prayer, in which the Church petitions her Lord, that by the sovereignty of his grace, and the outpouring of his Holy...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down ,.... Before, the church prayed that the Lord would look down from heaven and beho...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, Ver. 1. Oh that thou wou...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O that thou wouldest rend the heavens This God is said to do, or to bow the heavens, and come down , when he gives a very signal display of his po...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. B. C. 706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ISAIAH CHAPTER 64 The church's prayer continued, for the illustration of God's glory, Isaiah 64:1-5 : with a confession of their sins, and compl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah's Heart Cry to Yahweh For Him To Work Dramatically ( Isaiah 64:1-4 ). Isaiah 64:1 ‘Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would co...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL REVIVAL Isaiah 64:1-2 . Oh that Thou wouldst rend the heavens, that Thou wouldst come down, &c. It is not into the mo...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 64:1-2 I. This is nothing less than a prayer that God would manifest Himself as a Judge yes, and as a Destroyer. Isaiah craved for a man wh...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:1-2 . Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, as when t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:1 . A new scene of prophetic events opens here, where the prophet in time of trouble cries the more in spirit to the Messiah. Oh that tho...
The Biblical Illustrator

Oh that Thou wouldest rend the heavens Prayer for Divine manifestation I. This is nothing less than A PRAYER THAT GOD WOULD MANIFEST HIMSELF AS...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 64:1-23 ISRAEL 'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED . Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, so the suppliant now begs the Lord, that Thou wouldest come down, bursting forth to execute vengea...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rent — A metaphor taken from men, that when they would resolutely help one in distress, break and fling open doors and whatever may hinder. Flow do...

¹ Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 64:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 64:1