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64 If you would tear open the skies
    and come down to earth, then everything would change.
    Mountains would melt before you.
The mountains would burst into flames like burning bushes.
    The mountains would boil like water on the fire.
Then your enemies would learn about you.
    And all nations would shake with fear when they see you.
But you have done awesome things that we did not expect.
    You came down, and mountains shook in fear before you.

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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!
As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(D) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(E) before you!
For when you did awesome(F) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(G) 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.