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1.4 KiB
the heavens withhold the dew from you
The dew that appears at night is spoken of as if it formed in the sky and fell like rain. The sky is spoken of as if it were a person who refused to give a present or a parent who refused to feed his child. AT: "the sky does not allow the dew to fall" or "no dew forms" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I have summoned a drought upon the land
Rain not falling for a long time is spoken of as if Yahweh had told a person to come and make the land dry. AT: "I have kept the rain from falling on the land" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
upon the new wine, upon the oil
"Wine" and "oil" are metonyms for grapes and olives. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
all the labor of your hands
The abstract noun "labor" can be translated using the phrase "work hard." The labor that the hands perform is a metonym for the things that the labor produces. The hand is a metonym for the person. AT: "everything you have worked hard to make" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)