And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Departed, х apechooristhee (G673)] - 'was separated from' its place: 'made to depart.' Not as Alford, 'parted asunder;' on the contrary, it was rolled together as an open scroll is rolled up and laid aside. There is no 'asunder one from another,' as in Acts 15:39.
Mountain ... moved out of their places - (Psalms 121:1, margin; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 4:24; Nahum 1:5). This disruption shall be the precursor of the new earth, as the preAdamic convulsions prepared it for its present occupants.