Isaiah 64:3 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

English Standard Version
When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

New American Standard Bible
When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains quaked at Your presence.

International Standard Version
When you did awesome deeds that we expected, you came down, and the mountains shuddered before you.

American Standard Version
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall not bear them: thou didst come down, and at thy presence the mountains melted away.

Darby Bible Translation
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Young's Literal Translation
In Thy doing fearful things -- we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.

Cross References

Psalm 65:5
By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off on the sea:

Psalm 66:3
Say to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.

Psalm 66:5
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Psalm 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the middle of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

64:1-5 They desire that God would manifest himself to them and for them, so that all may see it. This is applicable to the second coming of Christ, when the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. They plead what God had used to do, and had declared his gracious purpose to do, for his people. They need not fear being disappointed of it, for it is sure; or disappointed in it, for it is sufficient. The happiness of his people is bound up in what God has designed for them, and is preparing for them, and preparing them for; what he has done or will do. Can we believe this, and then think any thing too great to expect from his truth, power, and love? It is spiritual and cannot be comprehended by human understanding. It is ever ready. See what communion there is between a gracious God and a gracious soul. We must make conscience of doing our duty in every thing the Lord our God requires. Thou meetest him; this speaks his freeness and forwardness in doing them good. Though God has been angry with us for our sins, and justly, yet his anger has soon ended; but in his favour is life, which goes on and continues, and on that we depend for our salvation.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. When—Supply from Isa 64:2, "As when."

terrible things—(Ps 65:5).

we looked not for—far exceeding the expectation of any of our nation; unparalleled before (Ex 34:10; Ps 68:8).

camest down—on Mount Sinai.

mountains flowed—Repeated from Isa 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 Isa 64:1, translates from a different Hebrew root, "quake … quaked"; but "fire" melts and causes to flow, rather than to quake (Isa 64:2).