Commentary for Isaiah 64:2
בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ֥ נוֹרָא֖וֹת לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃
when Thou didst tremendous things which we looked not for— Oh that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence!—
Rashi on Isaiah
When You performed against the Egyptians and against all the adversaries awesome deeds, that we did not hope You would perform all those awesome deeds, for we were unworthy of them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
בעשותך When thou didst.
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Rashi on Isaiah
You descended to Mount Sinai, then mountains dripped from before You. In this manner, Dunash son of Labrat explained it.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נוראות Terrible things. It is an adjective, and a noun must be supplied. Comp.7The Hebrew text has the words כמו ועל דרך; but either כמו or ועל דרך is superfluous, because both expressions have the same meaning: like. It is also possible that the original text had a word like חלקות (30:10) after כמו which has been omitted by some careless copyist. עזות rough words (Prov. 18:20).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
לא נקוה Which we looked not for.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ירדת When thou camest down. מפניך הרים נזלו Then the mountains flowed down at Thy presence. Such things Thou hast already done in the past.
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