This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people's need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: "We need Yahweh. He is the one who brought us ... Egypt." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people's need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: "We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us ... lives." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
A "land of drought" is a land that does not have enough water. Here "deep darkness" is a metaphor for danger. Alternate translation: "a dangerous land where there is not enough water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])