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Isaiah 51 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in this chapter.
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical Questions
There are many rhetorical questions in this chapter. These questions prove Yahweh's point and are intended to convince the readers. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
Awake
In this chapter the author uses sleeping as a metaphor for sin. The people are told to "awake," meaning they are to repent and return to Yahweh. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent)