64:2 (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood,
or fire makes water boil,
let your adversaries know who you are, 1
and may the nations shake at your presence!
66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?”
asks the Lord.
“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?”
asks your God. 2
1 tn Heb “to make known your name to your adversaries.” Perhaps the infinitive construct with preposition -לְ (lamed) should be construed with “come down” in v. 1a, or subordinated to the following line: “To make known your name to your adversaries, let the nations shake from before you.”
2 sn The rhetorical questions expect the answer, “Of course not!”