The Bible — notes and cross-references in Isaiah | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 64

64:1^a heavens

Psa. 18:9; 144:5
64:1¹ come

Isa. 64:1-5a and Isa. 66:15-16 reveal the second coming of Christ as the Servant of Jehovah (cf. Isa. 31:4-5). Christ’s rending the heavens and coming down refers to the consummation of Christ’s coming from heaven to earth, from God to man (see note Isa. 61:1^1a, pars. 2 and 3).
64:1^b shake

Judg. 5:4-5; Psa. 68:8
64:4^a heard

1 Cor. 2:9
64:4^b waits

Isa. 8:17
64:5^a righteousness

Acts 10:35
64:6^a our

Phil. 3:9
64:6^b soiled

Zech. 3:3; cf. Rev. 3:18; 7:13; 19:8
64:7^1a calls

Psa. 14:4; Hosea 7:7; Rom. 10:12

See note Acts 2:21¹.
64:7^b lay

Phil. 3:12; 1 Tim. 6:12
64:7^c hidden

Isa. 59:2
64:7² consumed

Some ancient versions, perhaps relying on a different MS, translate, delivered us because of. Some modern versions follow this rendering.
64:8^1a Father

Isa. 63:16

See note Isa. 63:16^1a.
64:8^b clay

Isa. 29:16; Jer. 18:6; Rom. 9:20-21
64:10^a Jerusalem

Psa. 79:1
64:11^a house

2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chron. 36:19; Psa. 74:7; Matt. 23:38