Isaías 64:1

1 ¡Ojalá rasgaras los cielos, y descendieras!¡Las montañas temblarían ante ti,

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 ¡Ojalá rasgaras los cielos, y descendieras!¡Las montañas temblarían ante ti,

2 como cuando el fuego enciende la leñay hace que hierva el agua!Así darías a conocer tu nombre entre tus enemigos,y ante ti temblarían las naciones.

3 Hiciste portentos inesperados cuando descendiste;ante tu presencia temblaron las montañas.

4 Fuera de ti, desde tiempos antiguosnadie ha escuchado ni percibido,ni ojo alguno ha visto,a un Dios que, como tú,actúe en favor de quienes en él confían.

5 Sales al encuentro de los que, alegres,practican la justicia y recuerdan tus caminos.Pero te enojas si persistimosen desviarnos de ellos.¿Cómo podremos ser salvos?