Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 64:3
3When you did awesome works that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
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
1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence — 2just as fire kindles brushwood, and fire boils water — to make your name known to your enemies, so that nations would tremble at your presence! When you did awesome works that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence. 4From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened to, no eye has seen any God except you who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him. 5You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
Read all of Isaiah 64Isaiah 64:3 word by word
בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ֥ נוֹרָא֖וֹת לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 64:3
- Exodus 34:10And the Lord responded, “Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the Lord’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is your praise and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awe-inspiring works your eyes have seen.
- Judges 5:4Lord, when you came from Seir, when you marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the skies poured rain, and the clouds poured water.
- 2 Samuel 7:23And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.
- Psalms 65:6You establish the mountains by your power; you are robed with strength.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your works! Your enemies will cringe before you because of your great strength.
- Psalms 68:8the earth trembled and the skies poured rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 76:12He humbles the spirit of leaders; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 105:27They performed his miraculous signs among them and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah His splendor covers the heavens, and the earth is 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
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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
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