The Fountains were Sealed with Magma

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

(Isaiah 64:1-2) KJV

Can we make the case that the phrase “When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,” means “sealed shut with lava or magma?” We’ll need to look at other passages where the word translated as strengthened occurs.

One such passage is found in Isaiah 64:1-3 which contains the phrase “the mountains might flow down,” and “the mountains flowed down.” That could be an avalanche of rocks, but it could also be lava. That particular English translation occurs in the KJV, other versions render it as either “the mountains might shake,” (NKJV) or “the mountains might quake,” (ESV) which make it sound like an earthquake. It’s not a very compelling case so far although the context, as we see in the second verse, describes a melting fire causing water to boil. That’s exactly what we’re proposing happened to cause the mist to go up on the third day as the fountains of the great deep were sealed. Drawing from this context we see that the word translated as “causes to boil,” occurs in another place in Isaiah which has similarities.

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

(Isaiah 30:13) KJV

In this instance it occurs as swelling out, literally a bulge. Taking all of this into account it’s not far fetched to say that the fountains of the great deep were sealed shut by a swelling of magma. This made the water boil and a mist went up.

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