New English Translation
Isaiah 64:3
3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
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 apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! 2(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence! When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. 4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him. 5You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?
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 34:10He said, “See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.
- Judges 5:4O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.
- 2 Samuel 7:23Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.
- Psalms 65:6You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
- Psalms 68:8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 76:12He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.
- Psalms 105:27They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the skies, his glory fills the earth.
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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