Restoring diseapparing emails in V2 folder

I had 2,000+ emails disappear in the past 24 hours. I checked both Gmail servers that they came from and they are nearly cleaned out (only a random few emails remaining). After changing both passwords, I searched google and found I needed the v2 folder to be restored. When I close mac mail and restore the v2 file, the emails sit nestled in the folder. As soon as I open mac and it prompts import, the emails disappear from all their subfolders. How do I restore emails that disappeared from IMAP gmail servers from this v2 backup before they disappear?
I hope this is a satisfactory explanation.
Thanks for your help,
Justin

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