Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens — That is, in view of the considerations urged in the previous chapter: in view of the fact …

Oh that thou wouldest rend ... —The division of chapters hinders the English reader from seeing that this is really a continuation of the …

Or, much better, "as when the brushwood burns"; for if God only comes to his people, they are ready to catch the flame, like the dry heather which …

Oh, that you would rend the heavens! The particle לוא (lu) appears to me, in this passage, to denote a wish. For, although it has…

O that you would rend the heavens, that you would
come down
Before, the church prayed…

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 t…

1. O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.

   First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …