Revised Literal Translation
Isaiah 64:2
2As 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!1
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
1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 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! 3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
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כִּקְדֹ֧חַ אֵ֣שׁ הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ שִׁמְךָ֖ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ גּוֹיִ֥ם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃Read the interlinear
- 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 therefore, O Yhwh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Yhwh, even thou only.
- Isaiah 63:12That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army; that the Egyptians may know that I am Yhwh. And they did so.
- 1 Samuel 17:46This day will Yhwh deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the army of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Psalms 67:1God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
- Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- Psalms 98:1O sing unto Yhwh a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Psalms 102:15So the heathen shall fear the name of Yhwh, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- Psalms 106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Ezekiel 38:22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
- Ezekiel 39:27When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
- Daniel 4:1Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Daniel 6:25Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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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Notes
- 1. Isaiah 64:2 the melting…: Heb. the fire of meltings. ↩
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
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