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Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
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A Cry of Desperation
Scholars explain that this is not a calm request but a passionate, desperate cry for God to act. The phrase 'rend the heavens' suggests a violent tearing, not a gentle opening. It reflects a feeling that God is distant or silent, and the people are pleading for an unmistakable, powerful intervention in their suffering.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens — That is, in view of the considerations urged in the previous chapter: in view of the fact …
19th Century
Anglican
Oh that thou wouldest rend ... —The division of chapters hinders the English reader from seeing that this is really a continuation of the …
Baptist
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 …
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.
First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …
