1 Peter 4:4

4:4 So ¹  they are astonished ²  when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. ³ 

Isaiah 28:21

28:21 For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, ⁴ 

he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, ⁵ 

to accomplish his work,

his peculiar work,

to perform his task,

his strange task. ⁶ 

[4:4]  ¹ tn Grk “in/by which,” referring to the change of behavior described in v. 3. The unbelievers are astonished by the readers’ moral transformation. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:4]  ² tn Or “are surprised, are taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:12.

[4:4]  ³ tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian.

[28:21]  ⁴ sn This probably alludes to David’s victory over the Philistines at Baal Perazim. See 2 Sam 5:20.

[28:21]  ⁵ sn This probably alludes to the Lord’s victory over the Canaanites at Gibeon, during the days of Joshua. See Josh 10:10-11.

[28:21]  ⁶ sn God’s judgment of his own people is called “his peculiar work” and “his strange task,” because he must deal with them the way he treated their enemies in the past.