Isaiah 64:4

Although from age-past times It was never heard, It was not perceived by the ear,—Neither did, the eye, ever see—That, a god besides thee, could work for the man who waited for him,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thou didst fearful things we could not expect, Thou camest down at thy presence, mountains, quaked.

5Yet didst thou meet Him who was rejoicing and working righteousness, Even them who in thy ways, remembered thee,—Lo! thou, hast been vexed, And truly we had sinned, Among them, was the prospect of an age [to come], That we might be saved.

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7Since the days of our fathers, we, have been in great guilt, until this day,—and, for our iniquities, have we been given up—we, our kings, our priests,—into the hand of the kings of the lands, by sword and by captivity and by spoiling and by a turning pale of face, as at this day.

Psalms 62:1Surely, towards God, silence [becometh] my soul, From him, is my salvation:

Psalms 130:5I have waited for Yahweh, My soul hath waited for his word;

Isaiah 30:18And, therefore, will Yahweh wait, That he may grant you favour, And, therefore, will he lift himself up, That he may show you compassion,—For A God of justice, is, Yahweh, How happy all they who are waiting for him

Lamentations 3:25Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek him;

Daniel 9:8O Yahweh, to us, belongeth the shame of faces, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers,—in that we have sinned against thee.

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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