Isaiah 64:4

From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

Berean Standard Bible

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

3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

Psalms 62:1In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Daniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

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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