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# behold

"look" or "listen" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"

# will it grow?

Yahweh asks this as a leading question to emphasize the negative answer. The question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "It will not grow." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# Will it not wither when the eastern wind touches it?

Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to emphasize that this will certainly happen. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "It will wither when the eastern wind touches it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# when the eastern wind touches it

"when the eastern wind blows on it"
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# behold`

			`"look" or "listen" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"`

			`# will it grow?`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Yahweh asks this as a leading question to emphasize the negative answer. The question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "It will not grow." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# Will it not wither when the eastern wind touches it?`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to emphasize that this will certainly happen. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "It will wither when the eastern wind touches it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# when the eastern wind touches it`

			`"when the eastern wind blows on it"`