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# For he grew up before Yahweh like a sapling
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Here "he" refers to God's servant whom Isaiah compares to a very young tree. This emphasizes that he will appear weak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# out of parched earth
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"parched earth" is hard and dry ground that will not allow plants to grow and represents where the servant of Yahweh will come. Alternate translation: "out of an impossible situation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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