Isaiah 64

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:10

Desolate, under Antiochus Epiphanes, 1 Machabees i. 31., and iv. 38. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:19

CHAPTER LXIV. read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64

* The church prays that God's power may be manifested. (1-5) A confession of sin, and afflictions bewailed. (6-12) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:1-5

1-5 They desire that God would manifest himself to them and for them, so that all may see it. This is applicable to the second coming of Christ, when the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. They plead what God had used to do, and had declared his gracious purpose to do, for his people. They need not fear being disappointed of it, for it is sure; or disappointed in it, for it is sufficient. The happiness of his people is bound up in what God has designed for them, and is preparing for them,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:6-12

6-12 The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, owning themselves unworthy of his mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Our deeds, whatever they may seem to be, if we think to merit by them at God's hand, are as rags, and will not cover us; filthy rags, and will but defile us. Even our few good works in which there is real excellence, as fruits of the Spirit, are so defective and defiled as done by us, that they need to be washed in the fountain open... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Isaiah 64:4-12

Isa_64:4 Isa_65:12 It is striking how verse Isa_64:4 follows what we have dwelt upon in the first three verses. Isaiah desired a mighty display of the power of God such as had been manifested at the outset of Israel's history: yet he was conscious that God had in reserve things beyond all human knowledge, and prepared for those who waited for Him to act. To this verse the Apostle Paul referred in 1Co_2:9 , showing that though in ordinary matters men arrive at knowledge by the hearing of the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 64:1-4

v. 1. Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, so the suppliant now begs the Lord, that Thou wouldest come down, bursting forth to execute vengeance, suddenly descending on Thy people's foes, that the mountains might flow down at Thy presence, the mightiest of His creatures being overcome by the revelation of His majesty, v. 2. as when the melting fire burneth, consuming brushwood in the twinkling of an eye, the fire causeth the waters to boil, literally, "as fire makes the water swell and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 64:5-12

An Appeal to Jehovah to Forsake His Wrath v. 5. Thou meetest, in a friendly and kindly manner, him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, happy in observing the covenant faithfulness, those that remember Thee in Thy ways, doing His will with joyful willingness. Behold, Thou art wroth, He became angry, for we have sinned. In those is continuance, the persistence in sin being a punishment in itself, and we shall be saved, or, "how could we have been saved?" The people having hardened... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 64:1-12

3. PRAYER THAT THE LORD WOULD VISIBLY INTERVENE, AND SO PROVE HIMSELF TO BE, AS OF OLD, THE GOD AND FATHERr OF ISRAELIsaiah 63:19 b to Isaiah 64:11. (Isaiah 64:1-12)Chap Isaiah 63:19 b. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens,That thou wouldest come down,That the mountains might flow down at thy presence,Chap Isaiah 64:1 As when 17 18the 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... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 64:5

Isaiah HOW TO MEET GOD Isa_64:5 . The prophet here shows us how there is a great staircase which we ourselves build, which leads straight from earth to heaven, and how we can secure that we shall meet with God and God with us. ‘Isaiah’ is often called the evangelical prophet. He is so, not only because of his predictions of the suffering Servant of Jehovah which are ‘fulfilled’ in Christ, but because his conceptions of the religious life tremble on the very verge of the full-orbed teaching... read more