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  "source_note": "Generated from final CSV/JSON source state for verification and future builder input. This is not verified against any pre-existing live-site sidecar schema.",
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    "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
    "figure_name": "Irony",
    "technical_name": "Eironeia",
    "alternate_names": "Irony / ironic speech",
    "page_slug": "irony",
    "reader_category": "Contrast / Rebuke",
    "bullinger_class": "Figures involving change",
    "simple_definition": "Irony says something in a way that exposes the opposite reality, often to rebuke folly or unbelief.",
    "technical_definition": "A figure in which words, events, or situations carry a meaning sharply different from the surface expression, with the contrast understood from context.",
    "source_hint": "Bullinger cross-check required; curated examples include verbal, dramatic, and situational irony.",
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    "json_sidecar_path": "/data/figures-of-speech/irony.json",
    "publication_status": "style_matched_draft_v5",
    "page_status": ""
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      "example_id": "EX5_0098",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Gen. 3:22",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the man has become like one of us",
      "explanation": "The statement exposes the serpent’s false promise by placing human rebellion under divine judgment.",
      "certainty": "possible",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0099",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:27",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "perhaps Baal is asleep",
      "explanation": "Elijah’s speech mocks the impotence of Baal by pretending the idol might be unavailable.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0100",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Go up and triumph",
      "explanation": "Micaiah’s initial answer mimics the false prophets, exposing the pressure placed on him.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0101",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Job 12:2",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "no doubt you are the people",
      "explanation": "Job rebukes his friends with biting irony, exposing their arrogant claim to wisdom.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0102",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Amos 4:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Come to Bethel, and transgress",
      "explanation": "The prophet ironically invites Israel to continue false worship in order to expose its sin.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0103",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Matt. 27:42",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "He saved others; he cannot save himself",
      "explanation": "The mockers speak better than they know; Christ does not save Himself because He is saving others by the cross.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0104",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Mark 15:18",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Hail, King of the Jews",
      "explanation": "The soldiers intend mockery, but the title ironically states a truth they do not perceive.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0105",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "John 3:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Are you the teacher of Israel?",
      "explanation": "Jesus’ question exposes Nicodemus’s lack of understanding despite his recognized teaching office.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0106",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "John 9:27",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Do you also want to become his disciples?",
      "explanation": "The healed man’s question exposes the hostile examiners by ironic reversal.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0107",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "John 11:50",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "better that one man should die for the people",
      "explanation": "Caiaphas speaks politically, but his words carry unintended redemptive significance.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0108",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "John 19:19",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews",
      "explanation": "Pilate’s inscription is politically charged, yet it ironically proclaims Christ’s kingship.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0109",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "1 Cor. 4:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Already you have all you want",
      "explanation": "Paul rebukes Corinthian pride by ironic overstatement of their supposed spiritual arrival.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0110",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "2 Cor. 11:19",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves",
      "explanation": "Paul uses irony to expose the Corinthians’ tolerance of false boasting.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0111",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Gal. 5:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves",
      "explanation": "The severe ironic wish exposes the destructive logic of the circumcision agitators.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX5_0112",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0104",
      "figure_name": "Irony",
      "page_slug": "irony",
      "reference": "Rev. 3:17",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "I am rich ... not realizing you are wretched",
      "explanation": "The Laodicean claim is set against the opposite divine assessment, creating sharp situational irony.",
      "certainty": "probable",
      "source": "yes",
      "source_section": "Wave 5 curated examples",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; verify against final site Bible text stream and Bullinger section before live publication.",
      "review_status": ""
    }
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