17 lines
445 B
Markdown
17 lines
445 B
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# to seek him
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to ask him what they needed to do so he would protect them (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# afflicted them, they would ... they would return and look
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These are different people from those whose days God "cut short." When some of them died, others would "start to seek" God.
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# would return
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"would repent" or "would be truly sorry for their sins"
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# look earnestly
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"look urgently" or "look as best they could"
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