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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 64, Verse 3

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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!
King James Version
When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
American Standard Version
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
New English Translation
When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
World English Bible
When you did awesome things which we didn't look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
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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.
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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.
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But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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And [there is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
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But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
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Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.
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Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
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Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name.