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 apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence! 3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. 4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait 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, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
• Isaiah 63:12the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,
• Exodus 14:4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So this is what they did.
• 1 Samuel 17:46This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God
• 1 Kings 8:41“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.
• Psalms 46:10He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
• Psalms 67:1May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)
• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
• Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!
• Psalms 98:1Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.
• Psalms 102:15The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,
• Psalms 106:8Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.
• Ezekiel 38:22I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
• Ezekiel 39:27When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.
• Daniel 4:1(3:31) “King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity!
• Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: “Peace and prosperity!

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

• Fade
• Flow
• 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