Isaiah 64:2 meaning and explanation
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Isaiah 64:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 64 is a communal prayer, likely voiced by exiles or returned exiles who have seen Jerusalem and the temple in ruins. The speaker asks God to tear open the heavens and come down, and verse 2 supplies two similes for that arrival: fire setting brushwood ablaze and fire making water boil.
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