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# Connecting Statement:
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The rhetorical question that begins with the words "Who has created" in verse 25 ends here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# to satisfy ... sprout with grass?
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The rhetorical question that begins with the words "Who has created" in verse 25 ends here. This can be translated as a statement. "I am the one who has created ... of rain, and I am the one who has made ... to satisfy ... sprout with grass." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# to satisfy
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The implied information is that it is the rain that meets the needs of the land to grow grass. Alternate translation: "so that the rain can satisfy the needs of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# devastated and desolate
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"ruined and wasted." These two words have nearly the same meaning and emphasize the ruined and empty nature of these regions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hendiadys]])
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# with grass
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"the new grass" or "the fresh grass." This is grass that is just starting to grow.
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# make the ground sprout with
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"make the ground support new grass"
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