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# behold
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"look" or "listen" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
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# will it grow?
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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/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Will it not wither when the eastern wind touches it?
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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/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# when the eastern wind touches it
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"when the eastern wind blows on it"
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