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!
Cross-reference
Isaiah 37:20 prays that all kingdoms may know the LORD alone is God, the same goal of making God's name known to adversaries in 64:2.
Isaiah 63:12 recalls God making an everlasting name by dividing the sea, a past act of self-revelation that 64:2 yearns for again.
Exodus 15:14-16 describes peoples trembling at God's mighty acts, a direct parallel to nations trembling at His presence in Isaiah 64:2.
Revelation 11:11-13 shows terrified survivors giving glory to God after the earthquake — an eschatological fulfillment of trembling nations.
Micah 7:15-17 describes nations trembling and licking dust after God's wonders — a vivid parallel to adversaries quaking.
Joel 3:16 says the LORD roars and the heavens and earth tremble, directly matching the 'nations tremble' imagery in Isaiah 64:2.
Ezekiel 38:23 declares God will make Himself known in the eyes of many nations, directly echoing the purpose in Isaiah 64:2.
Ezekiel 38:22 depicts God raining fire and brimstone on Gog, mirroring the fiery judgment that makes nations tremble in Isaiah 64:2.
Psalm 102:15 says nations will fear the Lord's name and kings His glory, directly matching Isaiah's 'nations tremble at your presence'.
Psalm 99:1 declares 'Let the peoples tremble' at the LORD's reign — a direct echo of the trembling nations in Isaiah.
Psalm 98:2 states God has made known His salvation and righteousness among the nations, paralleling Isaiah's prayer for God's name to be known.
Psalm 79:10 appeals for God to be known among nations through judgment, similar to Isaiah's plea for God to make His name known to adversaries.
Exodus 14:4 shows God hardening Pharaoh's heart to gain glory and make Egypt know He is LORD, the same purpose as 64:2: adversaries knowing His name.
Psalm 67:2 directly asks that God's way be known on earth and salvation among nations, closely matching Isaiah's desire for God's name known.
Psalm 48:4-6 depicts kings trembling in fear at Zion — mirrors the image of nations quaking before God's presence.
Deuteronomy 2:25 describes God putting dread of Israel on the nations — same theme of nations trembling at divine intervention.
1 Samuel 17:46 has David declare that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel, matching Isaiah's desire that nations tremble and know God's name.
Psalm 97:5 directly parallels: hills melt like wax at the Lord's presence, exactly like the mountains melting here.
Habakkuk 3:10 describes mountains writhing at God's presence, parallel to the quaking mountains in the theophany.
Nahum 1:5 explicitly states mountains quake and hills melt before Him, directly mirroring the portrayal of God's coming.
Ezekiel 22:21 explicitly uses melting in God's fiery wrath, directly echoing the melting and fire judgment of this verse.
Psalm 46:6 echoes the same melting imagery: nations rage and the earth melts at God's voice, reinforcing the power of His presence.
Psalm 144:5 mirrors the prayer: 'Bow your heavens, come down, touch the mountains and they smoke' — a parallel cry for God's intervention.
Psalm 68:2 uses the same fire-and-melting metaphor: as wax melts before fire, so the wicked perish at God's presence.
Jeremiah 5:22 asks why people do not tremble before God, who set the sea's boundary — same call for reverent fear.
Psalm 9:20 prays that nations would know they are mere men and fear God — parallels the call for trembling at God's presence.
1 Samuel 17:47 continues that the battle is the LORD's, so all may know He saves, reinforcing the theme of God revealing Himself through victory over adversaries.
Ezekiel 39:27 describes God being sanctified in the sight of nations through Israel's restoration, a related theme of divine recognition.
Ezekiel 39:28 states nations will know the LORD through His gathering of Israel, connecting to God making His name known.
Daniel 4:1-3 records Nebuchadnezzar praising God's signs, showing God's power made known among nations, similar to Isaiah 64:2.
Daniel 4:32-37 shows the humbled king acknowledging God's sovereignty, illustrating God making Himself known through judgment.
Daniel 6:25-27 has Darius decreeing God's eternal kingdom and wonders, paralleling the theme of God's power proclaimed to nations.
Psalm 46:10 declares God will be exalted among the nations, echoing the prayer in Isaiah that nations tremble at God's presence.
Joel 3:17 says you will know the LORD in Zion, a parallel to God making His name known as in Isaiah 64:2.
Psalm 106:8 says God saved Israel to make His power known—similar motivation to Isaiah's 'make thy name known', though focused on Israel not nations.
Psalm 104:32 shows the earth trembling and hills smoking at God's touch, echoing the trembling nations and melting mountains.