Isaiah 64:2

When Thou didst terrible things 1 which we looked not for, 1 Thou camest down, 1 the harim shook at Thy presence. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 eish burneth brushwood, 1 eish causeth the mayim to boil, 1 [O, that Thou wouldst come down] to make Thy Shem known to Thine adversaries, 1 that the Goyim might tremble at Thy presence! 1

3For me'olam (since ancient times) no one hath heard, 1 nor perceived by the ozen, 1 neither hath the ayin seen any Elohim besides Thee, 1 Who acts on behalf of him that waiteth for Him. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:4And I will harden lev Pharaoh, that he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified over Pharaoh, and upon all his army; so that the Egyptians may have da'as that I am Hashem. And they did accordingly.

Deuteronomy 2:25Hayom hazeh will I begin to put the pachad (dread) of thee and the fear of thee upon the ammim (peoples) that are under Kol HaShomayim, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

1 Kings 8:41Moreover concerning a nokhri (foreigner), that is not of Thy people Yisroel, but cometh out of a far country for Thy Nameʼs sake;

Psalms 46:10He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha'aretz; 1 He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); 1 He burneth the chariots in the eish. 1

Psalms 67:1(For the one directing. On Neginot. With stringed instruments. Mizmor. Shir) 1

Psalms 83:13Who said, Let us take possession for ourselves 1 of the pasturelands of Elohim. 1

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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