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# Woe to you, land
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The writer is speaking to the people of the nation as if they were the land itself, and he is speaking to the land as if it were a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# if your king is a young boy
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This means that the king is inexperienced or immature.
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# begin feasting in the morning
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This implies that the leaders are more concerned with having a good time than with leading the nation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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