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Isaiah 64:3-5
Amplified Bible
Isaiah 64:3-5
Amplified Bible
3
When You did awesome and amazing things which we did not expect,
You came down [at Sinai]; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4
For from days of old no one has heard, nor has ear perceived,
Nor has the eye [a]seen a God besides You,
Who works and acts in behalf of the one who [gladly] waits for Him.
5
You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned;
We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger].
And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:4 Or seen, O God, besides You, what He will do.... The ancient rabbis favored this translation or a variation of it, and some suggested that the unexpressed object (what) is wine preserved since the creation, or Eden. They all applied this verse to the future that follows the millennial kingdom, and was mostly a mystery to them. Heaven, or specifically the New Jerusalem, that follows the kingdom was partially revealed to John in Revelation. There is a story in the Talmud that when King Ahasuerus held a great banquet in Susa for seven days (Esth 1:5), he arrogantly asked the Jews if God could do better for them than that. They quoted this line to him in reply, and said that in the time to come if God provided nothing better for them than this feast, they could tell Him that they had already enjoyed such a feast at the table of Ahasuerus.
Isaiah 64:3-5
New International Version
Isaiah 64:3-5
New International Version
3 For when you did awesome(A) things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled(B) before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(C)
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(D)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(E)
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.(F)
How then can we be saved?
Isaiah 64:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 64:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,
you came down; the mountains quaked at your presence.(A)
4 From ages past no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who works for those who wait for him.(B)
5 You meet those who gladly do right,
those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
because you hid yourself we transgressed.[a](C)
Footnotes
- 64.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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