"Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence…" — Isaiah 64:1

Isaiah 64:1 · KJV

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

— Isaiah 64:1

Verse 2

As {when} the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, {that} the nations may tremble at thy presence! {the melting...: Heb. the fire of meltings}

Isaiah 64 — Context

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

When thou didst terrible things {which} we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Cross References

Micah 1:3-4

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Mark 1:10

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: {opened: or, cloven, or, rent}

Exodus 19:18-19

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Psalms 144:5-6

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Psalms 68:8

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.

Nahum 1:5-6

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 3:1-13

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. {upon...: or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth}