Isaiah 64:2

“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!”

"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!" - Isaiah 64:2
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What does Isaiah 64:2 mean?

"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 verse Isaiah 64:2 from the King James Version of the Bible conveys a powerful image of God's presence and…

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When Fire Meets Water: A Devotional Reflection on Isaiah 64:2

In Isaiah 64:2, we encounter a poignant proclamation: "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!" This verse speaks to the overwhelming, transformative…

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A Prayer for the Manifestation of God's Glory

O God of the Heavens and the Earth, the Creator of all that exists, we come before You humbly, acknowledging Your sovereignty and might. In Isaiah 64:2, Your Word declares, "As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine…

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Isaiah 64:2 - "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!"
Isaiah 64:8
Isaiah 64:10 - "Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation."
Isaiah 64:12 - "Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?"
Isaiah 64:1 - "Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,"
Isaiah 64:8 - "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."
Isaiah 64:3 - "When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence."
Isaiah 64:11 - "Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste."
"Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation." - Isaiah 64:10
Isaiah 64:9 - "¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people."
"Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence," - Isaiah 64:1
Ezra 2:64 - "¶ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,"
Psalms 64:2 - "Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:"
Isaiah 64:6 - "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."
Isaiah 64:4 - "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."
Isaiah 64:5 - "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."
Isaiah 64:7 - "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."
"Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence," - Isaiah 64:1
"¶ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore," - Ezra 2:64
"When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence." - Isaiah 64:3
"Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?" - Isaiah 64:12
"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." - Isaiah 64:8
"Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:" - Psalms 64:2
"¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people." - Isaiah 64:9
"Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste." - Isaiah 64:11
"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." - Isaiah 64:5
"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." - Isaiah 64:6
"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." - Isaiah 64:4
"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." - Isaiah 64:7