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64 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
    so that the mountains would quake at your presence—(A)

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64 [a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(A) and come down,(B)
    that the mountains(C) would tremble before you!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.

[a]as when fire kindles brushwood
    and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
    so that the nations might tremble at your presence!(A)

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  1. 64.2 64.1 in Heb

As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(A) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(B) before you!

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The mountains quake before him,
    and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
    the world and all who live in it.(A)

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The mountains quake(A) before him
    and the hills melt away.(B)
The earth trembles(C) at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.(D)

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