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# the messenger came down to him
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"the messenger and the king arrived"
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# this trouble
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"Indeed, this trouble." This refers to the famine in Samaria and the suffering it caused.
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# Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
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"Why should I continue to wait for Yahweh to help us?"
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