Isaiah 64:4

For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

In Context

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.

5and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have + 64:5 Heb. and Lit. flowed out.fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us away.

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day.

Psalms 62:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea.

Isaiah 30:18And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that + 30:18 Or, wait for.stay themselves upon him.

Lamentations 3:25Teth. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him

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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