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A Prayer for God to Intervene

64 [a]If only you would tear open the heavens and[b] come down,
    so that the mountains would quake at your presence—
[c]just as fire sets twigs[d] ablaze
    and the fire causes water to boil—
to make known your name to your enemies,
    yes, to your enemies before you,[e]
        so that the nations might quake at your presence!
When you did awesome deeds that we expected,[f]
    you came down,
        and the mountains shuddered before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 This v. is 63:19 in the MT
  2. Isaiah 64:1 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 64:2 This v. is 64:1 in the MT
  4. Isaiah 64:2 Or brushwood
  5. Isaiah 64:2 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads to make your name known to your adversaries
  6. Isaiah 64:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads did not expect