Isaiah 64:3

Isaiah 64:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
• New International Version (NIV)For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence.

Context of Isaiah 64:3

1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, 2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence. 4For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him. 5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?

Isaiah 64:3 word by word

בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ֥ נוֹרָא֖וֹת לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Isaiah 64:3

• Exodus 34:10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.
• Deuteronomy 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Deuteronomy 10:21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
• Judges 5:4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
• 2 Samuel 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• Psalms 65:6Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
• Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
• Psalms 68:8The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
• Psalms 105:27They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
• Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. [Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

Commentaries on Isaiah 64:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3When thou didst terrible things - In delivering the people from Egypt, and in conducting them to the promised land. Which we looked not for - Which we had never before witnessed, and which we had no right to expect. Thou camest down - As on Mount Sinai. The mountains flowed down - (See the notes above). The reference is to the manifestations of smoke and fire when Yahweh descended on Mount Sinai (see Exodus 19:18).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. When--Supply from Is 64:2, "As when." terrible things--(Psa 65:5). we looked not for--far exceeding the expectation of any of our nation; unparalleled before (Ex 34:10; Psa 68:8). camest down--on Mount Sinai. mountains flowed--Repeated from Is 64:1; they pray God to do the very same things for Israel now as in former ages. Gesenius, instead of "flowed" here, and "flow" in Is 64:1, translates from a different Hebrew root, "quake ... quaked"; but "fire"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 64:3

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Commentaries on Isaiah 64

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings