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# What will you say when God sets over you those whom you yourself had trained to be your special allies?
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This rhetorical question is used to emphasize that the people who Judah's leaders thought they were at peace with will conquer them. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "The people you thought were your friends will conquer you and rule over you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to tell the people that their capture is just the beginning of the suffering they will go through. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "These things that you will suffer are like the beginning of the labor pains of a woman in childbirth." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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