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## Ask the nations, who has ever heard of such a thing as this? ##
Implicit is that the nations will say that nobody has ever heard something like this. AT: "Nowhere on earth has anyone ever heard of such a thing like this!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## The virgin Israel ##
Israel is ironically described as a virgin woman. AT: "Israel, who falsely pretends to be fully devoted to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
## Does the snow in Lebanon ever leave the rocky hills in the fields? ##
The implicit answer to this question is "no". AT: "The snow of Lebanon clearly never leaves the rocky hills in the fields" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## Do the mountain streams coming from far away ever lose their water? ##
The implicit answer to this question is also "no". AT: "The moutain streams coming from far away surely never lose their water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])