Catholic Public Domain Version
" I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face. "
— Isaiah 64:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,”
“Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, ”
“Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,”
“(63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!”
“O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.”
“O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,”
“Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,”
I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face.
They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire. The waters would burn with fire, so that your name might be made known to your enemies, so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.
When you will perform miracles, we will not be able to withstand them. You descended, and the mountains flowed away before your presence.
From ages past, they have not heard it, and they have not perceived it with the ears. Apart from you, O God, the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.