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# General Information:
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The people of Israel continue speaking to Yahweh ([Isaiah 63:11](../63/11.md)).
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# Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down!
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Isaiah introduces this desire for Yahweh's presence in their past history with a strong exclamation. He expresses what he wishes God had done. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# if you had split open the heavens
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If Yahweh had shown himself very dramatically by tearing open the sky. The words "split open" refer to ripping a piece of cloth apart. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# mountains would have shaken
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The mountains would have trembled as in an earthquake. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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