Isaiah 64:3

You have done awesome things which we were not expecting you to do; the mountains shook when you came down at Horeb Mountain.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

In Context

2Be like a fire that burns twigs and causes water to boil! Come down in order that your enemies will know who you are, and the people of other nations will tremble in your presence.

4Since ◄long ago/the world began►, no one [SYN] has ever seen or heard about a God like you; you help those who ◄depend on/trust in► you.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:10Yahweh replied, “Note this: I am going to make a solemn agreement with the Israeli people. As they are watching, I will perform great miracles. They will be miracles that no one has ever done on the earth in any nation. All the people who are near you will see the great things that I, Yahweh, will do. I will do awesome things for you all.

Deuteronomy 10:21He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us.

2 Samuel 7:23And there is no other nation in the world like Israel. Israel is the only nation on the earth whose people you went out to rescue [RHQ]. By the great and awesome things that you did, you have become famous/well-known throughout the world. As your people advanced through this land, you expelled other people-groups who were here in Canaan, who worshiped other gods.

Psalms 66:3They should say to God, “The things that you do are awesome! You are very powerful, with the result that your enemies ◄cringe/bow down► in front of you.”

Psalms 68:8After you did that, because when you, the God worshiped by us Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai Mountain,, the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.

Psalms 105:27Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.

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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