From b6134ca08e3a90eb6566ae4b244c9852432be213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:12:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '1sa/12/17.md' --- 1sa/12/17.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/1sa/12/17.md b/1sa/12/17.md index 7b6e2f15a2..5c6fccdc8d 100644 --- a/1sa/12/17.md +++ b/1sa/12/17.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Is it not the wheat harvest today? -Samuel knows it is harvest time. He is using a rhetorical question to emphasize that it does not usually rain at this time so the people will know that the rain that will ruin their harvest is a judgment from Yahweh. Alternate translation: "It is harvest time and does not usually rain at this time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"It is harvest time and does not usually rain at this time" # he may send thunder and rain -Samuel is asking Yahweh to punish Israel for asking for a king by sending a rainstorm during the harvest which will ruin the grain. +Samuel is asking Yahweh to punish Israel by sending a rainstorm during the harvest which will ruin the grain.