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Isaiah 64:3

God's power and sovereignty

1 If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

2 as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!

When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

5 You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
KJV
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
WEB
When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
ASV
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
DARBY
When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
BLB
at Your doing fearsome [things] we could not have expected! You come down, before Your face the mountains shake.
ÅB
når du gjorde forferdelige ting som vi ikke ventet, når du for ned, og fjellene skalv for ditt åsyn!
OTB
Da du gjorde forferdelige ting som vi ikke ventet, kom du ned, og fjellene skalv for ditt åsyn.
B1930
når du gjorde forferdelige ting som vi ikke ventet, når du for ned, og fjellene skalv for ditt åsyn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 34:10

    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

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  • Psalms 65:5–6

    With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

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  • Psalms 66:5

    Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:21

    He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.

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  • Psalms 106:22

    wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

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  • Psalms 66:3

    Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

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  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:23

    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

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