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19 lines
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# Woe to you, land ... blessed are you, land
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In these verse, the writer is speaking to the nation as if it were a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# if your king is a young boy
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This means that the king is inexperienced or immature.
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# begin feasting in the morning
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This implies that the leaders are more concerned with having a good time than with leading the nation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# king is the son of nobles
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This implies that the son has been trained by his elders in the customs of being a good king. AT: "king has trained by nobles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# for strength, and not for drunkenness
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This explains why the blessed leaders eat. |