Isaiah 64:2 - Exposition

As when the melting fire burneth , etc.; rather, as when fire kindles brushwood , and makes water to boil. Connect the similes with the last clause of Isaiah 64:1 . The mountains shall be as powerless to resist Jehovah, as brushwood or water to resist fire. To make thy Name known (comp. Isaiah 63:12 ). Such an "epiphany" as the Church prays for would make the Name of Jehovah known far and wide, exalting him high above all gods, and causing "the nations"— i.e. the whole heathen world—to "tremble at his presence" and refrain from injuring his people.