# suppose that they realize ... suppose that they repent ... Suppose that they say

Solomon speaks about events that he thinks could happen in the future.

# where they have been exiled

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "where their enemies have taken them as exiles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# captors

people who keep others as prisoners

# We have acted perversely and sinned. We have behaved wickedly

These two sentences mean the same thing. Together they emphasize how bad the people's actions were. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# acted perversely and sinned

The words mean basically the same thing and emphasize how badly the people sinned. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])