Isaiah 64:2

Isaiah 64:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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!
• New International Version (NIV)As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you!
• English Standard Version (ESV)as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
• New King James Version (NKJV)As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Context of Isaiah 64:2

1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence — just as fire kindles brushwood, and fire boils water — to make your name known to your enemies, so that nations would tremble at your presence! 3When you did awesome works that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence. 4From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened to, no eye has seen any God except you who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him.

Isaiah 64:2 word by word

כִּקְדֹ֧חַ אֵ֣שׁ הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ שִׁמְךָ֖ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ גּוֹיִ֥ם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the meltingהֶ֫מֶסhâmâs · brushwoodH2003
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• burnethקָדַחqâdach · to kindleH6919
• causeth the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• to boilבָּעָהbâ‛âh · to enquireH1158
• to make thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• to thine adversariesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• may trembleרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• at thy presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Isaiah 64:2

• Isaiah 37:20Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone.
• Isaiah 63:12He made his glorious strength available at the right hand of Moses, divided the water before them to make an eternal name for himself,
• Exodus 14:4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
• 1 Samuel 17:46Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,
• 1 Kings 8:41Even for the foreigner who is not of your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name —
• Psalms 46:10“Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”
• Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us; may he make his face shine upon usSelah
• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations.
• Psalms 83:13Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.
• Psalms 98:1Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory.
• Psalms 102:15Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory,
• Psalms 106:8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his power known.
• Ezekiel 38:22I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him.
• Ezekiel 39:27When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the countries of their enemies, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of many nations.
• Daniel 4:1King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live on the whole earth: May your prosperity increase.
• Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to those of every people, nation, and language who live on the whole earth: “May your prosperity abound.

Commentaries on Isaiah 64:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2As when the melting fire burneth "As the fire kindleth the dry fuel" - המסים hamasim . "It means dry stubble, and the root is המס hamas, "says Rabbi Jonah, apud Sal ben Belec in loc. Which is approved by Schultens, Orig. Hebrews p. 30. "The fire kindling the stubble does not seem like enough to the melting of the mountains to be brought as a simile to it. What if thus? - 'That the mountains might flow down at thy presence! As the fire of things smelted…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As when the melting fire burneth - Margin, The fire of meltings.‘ Lowth renders it, As when the fire kindleth the dry fuel.‘ So Noyes, As fire kindleth the dry stubble.‘ The Septuagint render it: ̔ ̀ ̓̀ ́ ̀ ́ Hōs kēros apo prosōpou puros tēketai - As wax is melted before the fire.‘ So the Syriac renders it. The Hebrew word rendered here in the margin meltings‘ (המסים hămâsı̂ym ), properly means, according to Gesenius, brushwood, twigs. So Saddias…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Oh, that Thy wrath would consume Thy foes as the fire. Rather, "as the fire burneth the dry brushwood" [Gesenius].Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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• Rend
• Boil (2)
• Isaiah
• Prayer
• Servant of Jehovah; Servant of the Lord; Servant of Yahweh

Commentaries on Isaiah 64

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings