## Lord, how long? ##

"Lord, how long should I continue to give your message to the people?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## Until cities crash into ruins without inhabitants, and the houses are without people ##

AT: "Until all the cities and houses are ruined and there are no more people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## and until Yahweh has sent the people far away, and the solitude of the land it great ##

AT: "and until I, Yahweh, have sent all the people far away from their land, so that no one is left" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])