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# Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise

God speaks of Israel's enemies attacking Israel as if the enemies were lions roaring and attacking Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# made his land a horror

This represents destroying the land in such a way that people will feel horror when they see it. Alternate translation: "destroyed Israel's land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# Young lions roared

A roar is a loud sound that a wild animal makes when it attacks.

# His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "They have destroyed Israel's cities and now no one lives in them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# inhabitants

people who live in a certain place
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`God speaks of Israel's enemies attacking Israel as if the enemies were lions roaring and attacking Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# made his land a horror`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This represents destroying the land in such a way that people will feel horror when they see it. Alternate translation: "destroyed Israel's land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# Young lions roared`

			`A roar is a loud sound that a wild animal makes when it attacks.`

			`# His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "They have destroyed Israel's cities and now no one lives in them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# inhabitants`

			`people who live in a certain place`