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# suppose they realize ... suppose that they repent ... Suppose that they say
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Solomon speaks about events that he thinks could happen in the future. The situations he describes in verses 36-38 are conditions for what he requests verse 39.
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# where they have been exiled
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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]])
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# seek favor from you
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"beg you to be merciful to them"
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# We have acted perversely and sinned. We have behaved wickedly
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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]])
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# acted perversely and sinned
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The words mean basically the same thing and emphasize how badly the people sinned. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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