prophet. Translators in many other languages will find that the rendering of TEV is more natural style in their languages: “The Lord Almighty said to Haggai.” However, translators need to be aware that the repetition of this formula has a function at the discourse level, and marks the beginning of a new paragraph in each case. Even if it is not natural to repeat the formula in their language, translators should preserve its function of indicating the beginning of a new paragraph. See further comments
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