See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]

## Johanan... Kereah...Jezaniah...Hoshaiah ##

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## all the people from the least to the greatest ##

This is a way to refer to people from every social level. AT: "people from every social level" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

## Let our pleas come before you ##

AT: "Let us present our urgent request to you"