KJVOh 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,
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, — that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. O that thou wouldest rend the heavens! The particle lv' (lu) appears to me, in this passage, to denote a wish; for, although it has many significations, yet the context shews that this signification is more appropriate to this passage than any other. Here believers burst forth into earnest…