New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 64:3
3When You did 1awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, 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
1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- 2As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. 4For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. 5You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved?
Read all of Isaiah 64Isaiah 64:3 word by word
בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ֥ נוֹרָא֖וֹת לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 64:3
- Exodus 34:10Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and 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 these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
- Judges 5:4Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, Even the clouds dripped water.
- 2 Samuel 7:23And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?
- Psalms 65:6Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might;
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.
- Psalms 68:8The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 105:27They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence--
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, And 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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