Isaiah 64:1

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 64

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

What Does Isaiah 64:1 Mean?

Isaiah 64:1 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 64, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 64:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Micah 1:3“For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.”Psalms 97:5“The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.”Psalms 114:7“Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;”Exodus 19:18“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.”Nahum 1:5“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.”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:”2 Peter 3:12“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”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.”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.”Psalms 144:5“Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.”Exodus 3:8“And 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 land and a large, 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.”Isaiah 63:15“Look down from heaven, 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 toward me? are they restrained?”Habakkuk 3:1“A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.”Nehemiah 4:14“And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”Psalms 84:2“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”Amos 9:13“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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.”Habakkuk 3:6“He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.”Zechariah 14:4“And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”Exodus 19:11“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”Judges 5:4“LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.”

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