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Which explains how the meaning of the passage would change if the word “torment” were replaced by the word “pain”?

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The passage would suggest that the sinners may be experiencing natural, rather than inflicted, discomfort.

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Torment has a stronger connotation, indicating an emotion and physical infliction
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