Commentary on Isaiah Volume 2 John Calvin (continued)
Chapter 64
CHAPTER 64
Isaiah 64:1-12 1. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
1. O si (vel, Si forte) disrumpas coelos; descendas, et a facie tua montes diffluant!
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!
2. Tanquam incendio ignis liquefactionum, ignis aquas ebullire fecit, ad manifestandum nomen tuum hostibus tuis; a fade tua gentes tremebant.
3. When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
3. Cum faceres terribilia, quae non expectavimus, descendisti; a fade tua montes defluxerunt.
4. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
4. A seculo non audirerunt, neque auribus perceperunt; oculus non vidit Deum praeter to, qui faciat (vel, Dens quae facit) expectanti se.
5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness; those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
5. Occurristi laetanti et facienti justitiam. In viis tuis recordabantur tui.; ecce tu iratus es, et nos peecavimus; in ipsis seculum, et salvabimur (vel, saluti sumus).
6. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as