Isaiah 64:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 64:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When 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...
Isaiah 64:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 63:15 to Isaiah 64:9 . A Fervent Prayer to Yahweh to Intervene again for His Children. The appeal rings like a litany, reminding Yahweh, who has withdrawn into His glorious heavenly palac...
Isaiah 64:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When Thou didst terrible things. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 34:10 , same word).
Isaiah 64:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Terrible things which we did not look for. He says that the Israelites saw what they did not at all expect; for, although God had forewarned them, and had given them experience of his pow...
Isaiah 64:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Isaiah 64:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Oh that thou wouldst rend, &c.— Wouldst rend, &c. Isaiah 64:2 as the fire kindleth the dry fuel; as the fire causeth the waters to boil, &c. Lowth. The ideas are here taken from t...
Isaiah 64:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. When thou didst. Supply from Isaiah 64:2 , As when, etc. Terrible thi...
Isaiah 64:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation at Sinai ( Exodus 19:18 ).
Isaiah 64:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When thou didst terrible things... — The latter clause, “thou camest down ... ” is supposed by some critics to be an accidental repetition from Isaiah 64:1 . By others it is taken as an intention...
Isaiah 64:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1-24 WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemp...
Isaiah 64:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry for Pardon Isaiah 64:1-12 The great past , Isaiah 64:1-5 . We are introduced to the prophet's oratory and hear the outpourings of his heart. As he recalls the story of bygone days, he...
Isaiah 64:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The praise and confession merge into a prayer in which the sore need of the people is first described, and then a cry full of intense anguish is lifted for the dawning of the day when Jehovah will ac...
Isaiah 64:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a most fervent, animated prayer, in which the Church petitions her Lord, that by the sovereignty of his grace, and the outpouring of his Holy Spirit, he would so come forth, and come down in...
Isaiah 64:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When thou didst terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest down ,.... Referring to the wonderful things God did in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, and particularly at Mount...
Isaiah 64:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. Ver. 3. When thou didst terrible things. ] Or, As when thou didst &c.; a...
Isaiah 64:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When thou didst terrible things This may relate to what he did first in Egypt, and afterward in the wilderness; which we looked not for Such things as we could not have expected; the mountains f...
Isaiah 64:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. B. C. 706. 1 Oh that...
Isaiah 64:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When thou didst terrible things: this may relate to what he did among the Egyptians, though it be not recorded, and afterward in the wilderness. Which we looked not for, viz. our forefathers, of...
Isaiah 64:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah's Heart Cry to Yahweh For Him To Work Dramatically ( Isaiah 64:1-4 ). Isaiah 64:1 ‘Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, That the mountains might flow down at yo...
Isaiah 64:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:1-2 . Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, as when the melting fire burneth, Or, much better, «as w...
Isaiah 64:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:1 . A new scene of prophetic events opens here, where the prophet in time of trouble cries the more in spirit to the Messiah. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens and come down. It is...
Isaiah 64:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

When Thou didst terrible things “Terrible things” A standing phrase for the marvels of the Exodus, the type of the great final deliverance ( Deuteronomy 10:21 ; 2Sa Psalms 106:22 ). ( Prof. T...
Isaiah 64:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 64:1-23 ISRAEL 'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED . Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with favour ( Isaiah 63:15 ), Israel now asks for a the...
Isaiah 64:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, so the suppliant now begs the Lord, that Thou wouldest come down, bursting forth to execute vengeance, suddenly descending on Thy people's foes, th...
Isaiah 64:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:23 ; Deuteronomy 10:21 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Exodus 34:10 ; Habakkuk 3:3 ; Habakkuk 3:6 ; Isaiah 64:1 ; Judges 5:4 ; Judges 5:5 ; Psalms 105:27-36 ; Psalms 106:22 ; Psalms 65:6...
Isaiah 64:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Terrible things — This may relate to what he did among the Egyptians, tho' it be not recorded, and afterward in the wilderness. Looked not for — Such things as we could never expect. Mountains — Ki...

Isaiah 64:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 64:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 64:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 64:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 64:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 64:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 64:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 64:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 64:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 64:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 64:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes