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# What man is wise enough to understand this?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only a very wise person will understand the things he has said. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Only people who are very wise can understand these things." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# To whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, and he will declare it?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only the people he has spoken to can declare these things. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can explain these things to others." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# the mouth of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh's speech is represented by his "mouth." Alternate translation: "Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# Why has the land perished and been made desolate ... pass through?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only a wise person could explain why the land has been made desolate. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Only a wise person could explain why the land has perished and been made desolate ... pass through." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# has the land perished and been made desolate
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This can be stated in active form. Both "perished" and "been made desolate" describe the land being empty of all good things. Alternate translation: "has the land perished? Why has Yahweh made it desolate" or "is the land now empty of all good things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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