Isaias 64:1
That thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Utinam dirumperes cælos, et descenderes ; a facie tua montes defluerent ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν ἀνοίξῃς τὸν οὐρανόν, τρόμος λήμψεται ἀπὸ σοῦ ὄρη, καὶ τακήσονται
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Isaias 63:19
- הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לוּא קָרַ֤עְתָּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ
Haydock's commentary
Presence, as at Sinai, Exodus xix. 16., and Judges v. 4. Judas [the Machabee] continues to pray. (Calmet)
The faithful sigh for Christ's coming. (Haydock)
All good people desired it most fervently. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.