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# Connecting Statement:
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This is the end of the rhetorical question that begins with the words "Where are their gods" in [verse 37](./07.md).
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# the gods who ... drink offerings?
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This is the end of the rhetorical question that begins with the words "Where are their gods" in [verse 37](./07.md). Here Yahweh mocks the people of Israel for offering sacrifices to other gods. This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Their gods ... the gods who ... drink offerings, have not come to help them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Let them rise up and help you; let them be your protection
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Yahweh says this to mock the Israelites. He knows these gods cannot help them. Alternate translation: "These idols are not even able to get up and help or to protect you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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