When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
The verse describes God coming down and doing terrible, unexpected, awe-inspiring deeds of overwhelming power, with the mountains flowing down at His presence. It both recalls terrible things not looked for that He already did when He came down and is a cry for Him to rend the heavens and come down again. The flowing of the mountains means upheavals in nature such as earthquakes, volcanoes and fiery eruptions, when burning mountains pour forth fire, flames and torrents of melted ore, waters boil from melting fire, rivers are dried up, populous cities are overwhelmed, and ruin and desolation are spread everywhere.
Fire as well as water from the depths of the earth are the Lord's arsenal and His agents in such desolation, as in the destruction of the old world and, since the Flood, in the destruction of very wicked cities. The verse applies to volcanic and earthquake scenes associated with the Flood, recalls past judgments, and points to still more terrible manifestations of judgment at Christ's second advent. Such exhibitions bear the special marks of God's power and are meant to bring fear upon the earth.
They are designed to make His name known to His adversaries and to cause the people of the earth and the nations to tremble at His presence. They silence proud defiance that asks who the Lord is that He should be obeyed, as in the defiance of proud men like Pharaoh. They cause those who lightly regard God's law and trample upon His authority to tremble before His power and confess His just sovereignty, filling the stoutest heart with terror and constraining infidels and blasphemers to acknowledge His infinite power.
As part of Isaiah 62 to 65, and of Isaiah 64 in particular, the verse speaks in a most decided manner to leaders in the cause, those connected with institutions and carrying great responsibilities, and to the people of God as the congregation of Israel, reproving disregard for the reproofs given and neglect of the duty to warn the people what is truth, and calling for a reformation. It requires thorough consecration to God, receiving His word with faith and following on to know the Lord, coming nigh to God, repenting and being converted, stopping all complaining and every evil work and putting away the evil of works, because present ways are not accepted of God. When its words are so heeded and taken, the Lord manifests Himself and appears in the conviction and conversion of souls. When so heeded and accepted together with Isaiah 60 and 61, Isaiah 60 and 61 are understood.
The verse describes God coming down and doing terrible, unexpected, awe-inspiring deeds of overwhelming power, with the mountains flowing down at His presence. It both recalls terrible things not looked for that He already did when He came down and is a cry for Him to rend the heavens and come down again. The flowing of the mountains means upheavals in nature such as earthquakes, volcanoes and fiery eruptions, when burning mountains pour forth fire, flames and torrents of melted ore, waters boil from melting fire, rivers are dried up, populous cities are overwhelmed, and ruin and desolation are spread everywhere.
Fire as well as water from the depths of the earth are the Lord's arsenal and His agents in such desolation, as in the destruction of the old world and, since the Flood, in the destruction of very wicked cities. The verse applies to volcanic and earthquake scenes associated with the Flood, recalls past judgments, and points to still more terrible manifestations of judgment at Christ's second advent. Such exhibitions bear the special marks of God's power and are meant to bring fear upon the earth.
They are designed to make His name known to His adversaries and to cause the people of the earth and the nations to tremble at His presence. They silence proud defiance that asks who the Lord is that He should be obeyed, as in the defiance of proud men like Pharaoh. They cause those who lightly regard God's law and trample upon His authority to tremble before His power and confess His just sovereignty, filling the stoutest heart with terror and constraining infidels and blasphemers to acknowledge His infinite power.
As part of Isaiah 62 to 65, and of Isaiah 64 in particular, the verse speaks in a most decided manner to leaders in the cause, those connected with institutions and carrying great responsibilities, and to the people of God as the congregation of Israel, reproving disregard for the reproofs given and neglect of the duty to warn the people what is truth, and calling for a reformation. It requires thorough consecration to God, receiving His word with faith and following on to know the Lord, coming nigh to God, repenting and being converted, stopping all complaining and every evil work and putting away the evil of works, because present ways are not accepted of God. When its words are so heeded and taken, the Lord manifests Himself and appears in the conviction and conversion of souls. When so heeded and accepted together with Isaiah 60 and 61, Isaiah 60 and 61 are understood.