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# Connecting Statement:
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The people of Israel confess their need to repent.
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# he has torn us to pieces ... he has injured us
God has punished the people of Israel because they disobeyed him and worshiped idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# he will heal us ... he will bandage our wounds
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Israel believes that God will be merciful to them when they repent and he will deliver them from their troubles. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# After two days he will revive us; he will raise us up on the third day
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This represents a short period of time. Israel believes God will quickly come to rescue them from their enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# two days ... third day
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"2 days ... 3rd day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# Let us know Yahweh
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Here "know" means not only to learn God's character and laws, but also to become faithful to him.
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# His coming out is as sure as the dawn
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Yahweh will come to help his people just as surely as the sun rises each morning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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