Isaiah 64:4

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, 1 nor eye seen any God besides you, who does things for him who waits for him. 1

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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

3Previously, when you did marvelous things that we had not expected, you came down, and the mountains trembled at your presence. 1

5You come to help those who rejoice in doing what is right, those who call to mind your ways and obey them. 1 You were angry when we sinned. In your ways we will always be rescued. 1

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7From the days of our ancestors until now we have been in great guilt. In our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests were given into the hand of kings of this world, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and ashamed faces, as we are today.

Psalms 62:1I wait in silence for God alone; 1 my salvation comes from him. 1

Psalms 130:5I wait for Yahweh, my soul waits, 1 and in his word I hope. 1

Isaiah 30:18Yet Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, therefore he is ready to show you mercy. 1 For Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. 1

Lamentations 3:25Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks him. 1

Daniel 9:8To us, Yahweh, belongs shame on our faces—to our kings, to our leaders, and to our ancestors—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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