This verse is the reply to the questions of the previous two verses, and the prophet himself says these words as spokesman for the Lord. In TEV the link with the preceding question is brought out by the introductory word No, which shows that this verse is a reply and that it rejects the assumptions of the previous speaker. Many translators will find it helpful to use some similar link. The previous speaker is addressed literally as “O man” (RSV), a term so general that it strengthens the
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