Issue 3342 Hypothetical

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Susan Quigley 2018-10-29 14:56:18 +00:00
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@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ The people of Israel continue speaking to Yahweh ([Isaiah 63:11](../63/11.md)).
# Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down! # Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down!
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]]) Isaiah uses a strong exclamation to express what he wishes God had done. He wishes that God had shown himself very dramatically by tearing open the sky and coming down. The words "split open" are the same words used to describe ripping apart a piece of cloth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
# if you had split open the heavens
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]])
# mountains would have shaken # mountains would have shaken