420 B
420 B
Your fathers, where are they? Where are the prophets, are they here forever?
These two rhetorical questions emphasize that both their ancestors and the prophets who proclaimed Yahweh's message to their ancestors have died. The questions can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Neither your fathers nor the prophets are here because they have all died." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)