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Isaiah 64:1

If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לוּא־lu'-ifH3863 →
קָרַ֤עְתָּka.Ra'.tayou toreH7167 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙sha.Ma.yim[the] heavensH8064 →
יָרַ֔דְתָּya.Rad.tayou came downH3381 →
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָmi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440 →
הָרִ֥יםha.RimmountainsH2022 →
נָזֹֽלּוּ׃na.Zo.luthey shookH2151 →

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Micah 1:3–4For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.Mark 1:10As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.Exodus 19:18–19Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Psalms 68:8the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.Psalms 144:5–6Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.Habakkuk 3:1–13This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Psalms 114:4–7the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.Psalms 18:7–15Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.2 Peter 3:10–12But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.Judges 5:4–5O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.Exodus 19:11and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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