Isaiah 64:2
as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them, and I will get for me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army, and the Egyptians shall know that I am LORD. And they did so.
Deuteronomy 2:25This day I will begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
1 Kings 8:41Moreover concerning the foreigner who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake
Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 67:1God be merciful to us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),
Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like the whirling dust, as stubble before the wind,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:2-6
Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 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! 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of… Read the whole commentary →