Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Que les cieux répandent d'en haut Et que les nuées laissent couler la justice! Que la terre s'ouvre, que le salut y fructifie, Et qu'il en sorte à la fois la délivrance! Moi, l'Eternel, je crée ces choses.
KJV
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Ratramnus
On the Fact that Christ Was Born of a Virgin
from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and bring forth a Savior (Isaiah 45:8). The prophetic word, with admirable brevity, explained the announcement of the angel, the prophecies, the virgin's conception, and the manner of birth. The angel hin…
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
f the Lord because it refreshes the hearts of people, as in: "Drop down dew, O heavens, from above" (Isaiah 45:8). In the psalms: "Like the dew of Hermon, which falls on Mount Zion" (Psalm 133:3). Rain represents the Lord's commandments or teachings, or the words of the apostles,…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 88 (Migne)
ster quis es in coelis. Ecce vox Domini praedicantis, de quo propheta dicit: Nubes pluant justum (Isa. XLV, 8) : arcanae scientiae lumen effudit; et ut nostram ariditatem sermonis imbre reficeret, veluti fons aquae salientis erupit. Quis enim tantum secretum mysterii coelestis…
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