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957 B
Markdown
17 lines
957 B
Markdown
Yahweh continues speaking to the coastlands and the nations.
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## He pursues them and passes by safely ##
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"The powerful ruler from the east and his army pursue the nations, and the nations do not harm him"
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## by a swift path that his feet scarcely touch ##
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"and he and his army will even move quickly over paths they have never traveled before" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## Who has performed and accomplished these deeds? Who has called forth the generations from the beginning? ##
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Yahweh uses questions to emphasize that he is the one in control of all people and nations. AT: "I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last ones, I am he who performed and accomplished these deeds. I called forth the generations from the beginning." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## the first, and with the last ones ##
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This means God has no beginning or ending. He is eternal. |