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19 lines
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# General Information:
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The people of Israel continue speaking.
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# Where are your zeal and your mighty acts?
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The writer uses a question to express deep emotion and concern because it seems God is not helping them. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "We do not see your zeal and your mighty acts!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Your pity and your compassionate actions are kept from us
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "You keep your pity and compassion from us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognize us
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These ancestors of the nation of Israel would not able to identify their descendants because they changed so much. "Abraham" and "Israel" represent the people from the distant past. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# Israel
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This refers to the name also called "Jacob." |