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13 lines
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Hosea, the prophet, is speaking.
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## The days for punishment are coming; the days for retribution are coming. ##
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"retribution" means "deserved punishment" - The prophet Hosea uses these two ways of emphasizing that Israel would soon be judged by Yahweh for their evil deeds. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane ##
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Hosea is using two different ways to say similar things to create emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## because of your great iniquity and great hostility ##
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Hosea is emphasizing how much sin and wrongdoing is being done. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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