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# General Information:
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Isaiah speaks to the people of Judah in the form of a poem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# If Yahweh
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This describes something that could have happened in the past but did not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# a small remnant
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"a few survivors"
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# us ... we
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Here these words refer to Isaiah and includes all the people of Judah and Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah
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How Judah would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "God would have destroyed us, like he destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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