# Is there still seed in the storehouse? Yahweh is preparing the people for the promise he is about to give them. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You can see that there is no seed in the storehouse." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) # The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree "Your grape vines, fig trees, pomegranate trees, and olive trees" # the pomegranate This is a type of sweet fruit. You may need to make explicit that the tree is being spoken of. Alternate translation: "the pomegranate tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]]) # have not borne "have not produced fruit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])