Isaiah 64:2
In the same way that fire burns wood and makes water boil, make your reputation known to your enemies, so that nations will tremble in your presence!
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1If only you would rip the heavens apart and come down! The mountains would tremble in your presence!
Cross References
Exodus 14:4I will give Pharaoh a stubborn attitude so that he will chase after them to get them back. But I will gain respect through what happens to Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did as they were instructed.
Deuteronomy 2:25From this day on, I'm going to make all nations on earth dread you—they will be terrified of you. Because of the news they hear about you they will tremble in terror when you appear.”
1 Kings 8:41As for the foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel but who come from a distant land,
Psalms 46:10Stop fighting! Recognize I am God! I am the ruler of the nations; I am the ruler of the earth.
Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us. May he look favorably on us. Selah.
Psalms 83:13My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by 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 →