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@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ These rhetorical question are asked to emphasize that the Assyrian officials are
 
 Money was valuable metal; its value was determined by its weight.
 
-# a people of a strange language
+# a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend
 
-"a people who spoke a strange language"
+"a fierce people who speak a language that you do not understand"
 
-# comprehend pizza
+# comprehend
 
 "understand"