Isaías 64:1

1 ¡Oh, si rompiera los cielos, y descendieras, y a tu presencia se escurrieran los montes

Isaías 64:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 64:1

O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst
come down
Before, the church prayed that the Lord would look down from heaven and behold, ( Isaiah 63:15 ) , now that he would open the heavens, and descend from thence; not by change of place, for he fills heaven and earth with his presence; but by some visible display of his power, in destroying her enemies, and delivering her from them. Some take this to be a prayer for the first coming of Christ from heaven to earth, by his incarnation, in order to redeem and save his people; and others that it is for his second coming to judgment, to take vengeance on his adversaries, when his wrath will burn like fire; but rather it is for his spiritual coming, to avenge his church and people on antichrist, and the antichristian states. She had seen him, as a triumphant conqueror, stained with the blood of his enemies; and now she prays for the accomplishment of what she had seen in vision and prophecy: that the mountains might flow down at thy presence;
kings and princes of the earth, and kingdoms and states governed by them, compared to mountains for their seeming firmness and stability; yet these will melt like wax, and flow like water, tremble and disappear at the presence of the King of kings, when he comes forth in his great wrath against them; as it is explained in the next verse, that the nations may tremble at thy presence;
see ( Revelation 16:20 ) . Here ends the sixty third chapter in the Targum.

Isaías 64:1 In-Context

1 ¡Oh, si rompiera los cielos, y descendieras, y a tu presencia se escurrieran los montes

2 como fuego que abrasando derrite, fuego que hace hervir el agua, para que hicieras notorio tu nombre a tus enemigos, y los gentiles temblaran a tu presencia

3 Como descendiste, cuando hiciste cosas terribles cuales nunca esperábamos, que los montes escurrieron delante de ti

4 Ni nunca oyeron, ni oídos percibieron; ni ojo ha visto un Dios fuera de ti, que hiciera otro tanto por el que en él espera

5 Saliste al encuentro al que con alegría obró justicia. En tus caminos se acordaban de ti. He aquí, tú te enojaste porque pecamos; tus caminos son eternos y nosotros seremos salvos