"When thou didst terrible things {which} we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence." — Isaiah 64:3

Isaiah 64:3 · KJV

“When thou didst terrible things {which} we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.”

— Isaiah 64:3

Verse 2

As {when} the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, {that} the nations may tremble at thy presence! {the melting...: Heb. the fire of meltings}

Verse 4

For since the beginning of the world {men} have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, {what} he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. {seen...: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc}

Isaiah 64 — Context

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

When thou didst terrible things {which} we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, {those that} remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Cross References

Exodus 34:10

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou {art} shall see the work of the LORD: for it {is} a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

Psalms 66:3

Say unto God, How terrible {art thou in} thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie}

Psalms 106:22

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, {and} terrible things by the Red sea.

Habakkuk 3:3

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. {Teman: or, the south}

Deuteronomy 10:21

He {is} thy praise, and he {is} thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

Psalms 66:5

Come and see the works of God: {he is} terrible {in his} doing toward the children of men.

Psalms 65:5-6

{By} terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; {who art} the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off {upon} the sea:

Psalms 68:8

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: {even} Sinai itself {was moved} at the presence of God, the God of Israel.