# the magic charms that you have used to ensnare the people's lives as if they were birds

Yahweh speaks of these women using their magic charms to deceive people as if the people were birds that the women trapped with those charms. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# charms

objects believed to have magical powers

# to ensnare

"to trap" "to catch in a snare"

# tear them from your arms

"tear the charms from your arms"