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The people of Israel continue speaking to Yahweh. (See: Isaiah 63:11)
Oh, if you had
Isaiah introduces this desire for Yahweh's presence in their past history with a strong exclamation. (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
The mountains would have trembled as in an earthquake. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)
as when fire kindles the brushwood, or the fire makes water boil
This possibly emphasizes how easily God's presence would have caused the mountains and the people to tremble. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)