Isaiah 64:2

whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

1as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,

3From of old + 64:3 1 Cor. 2. 9. we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:4And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Deuteronomy 2:25Begin to put thy terror and thy fear on the face of all the nations under heaven, who shall be troubled when they have heard thy name, and shall be in anguish + 2:25 Or, for fear of thee. Hebraism.before thee.

1 Kings 8:41And for the stranger who is not of thy people,

Psalms 46:10The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

Psalms 67:1For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.

Psalms 83:13O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in thee.

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 →

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