Isaiah 64:1, The church prays for the illustration of God’s power; Isaiah 64:4, Celebrating God’s mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions; Isaiah 64:9, It complains of their afflictions.
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Isaiah 64
Isaiah 64 — Overview
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Isaiah 64 — OverviewIsaiah 64 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter goes on with that pathetic pleading prayer which the
church offered up to God in the latter part of the foregoing chapter.
They had argued from their covenant-relation to God and his interest
and…Isaiah 64 — OverviewIsaiah 64 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe prayer of the church is continued in this chapter; in which she prays for some visible display of the power and presence of God, as in times past, Isa 64:1, and the rather, since unheard of and unseen things were…Isaiah 64:1-5Isaiah 64:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. The petition is that God would appear wonderfully for them
now, v. 1, 2. Their case was represented in the close of the foregoing
chapter as very sad and very hard, and in this case it was time to cry,…Isaiah 64:1Isaiah 64:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeOh that: Psalms 18:7-15, Psalms 144:5-6; Mark 1:10 *marg.
that thou wouldest come: Isaiah 63:15; Exodus 3:8, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:18-19; Micah 1:3-4; Habakkuk 3:1-13
that the: Judges 5:4-5; Psalms 46:6, Psalms…Isaiah 64:2Isaiah 64:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgemelting fire: Heb. fire of meltings
to make: Isaiah 37:20, Isaiah 63:12; Exodus 14:4; 1 Samuel 17:46-47; 1 Kings 8:41-43; Psalms 46:10, Psalms 67:1-2; Psalms 79:10, Psalms 83:13, Psalms 98:1-2, Psalms 102:15-16, Psalms…Isaiah 64:2Isaiah 64:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAs when the melting fire burneth,.... Or, "the fire of melting" ; a strong vehement fire, as Kimchi, such as is used under a furnace for melting metals; though De Dieu thinks a slow gentle fire is intended, such as is…