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# General Information:
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Isaiah speaks to the people of Judah in the form of a poem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Your country is ruined
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "They have ruined your country" or "Your enemies have ruined your country" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# your cities are burned
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "they have burned your cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# your fields—in your presence, strangers are destroying them
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"people who are not from your own country steal the crops from your fields while you watch"
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# abandoned devastation
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"empty and devastated." This abstract noun phrase can be expressed as verb phrases. AT: "they have destroyed the land and no one lives there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# overthrown by strangers
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "strangers have overthrown your country" or "a foreign army has completely conquered it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# The daughter of Zion is left
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "I have left the daughter of Zion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# The daughter of Zion
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The "daughter" of a city means the people of the city. AT: "The people of Zion" or "The people who live in Zion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# is left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shed in a garden of cucumbers
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Possible meanings are 1) "has become as small as a hut in a vineyard or a shed in a garden of cucumbers" or 2) "is left the way a farmer leaves a hut in a vineyard or a shed in a garden of cucumbers when he is finished with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# like ... cucumbers, like a besieged city
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Another possible meaning is "like ... cucumbers. She is a besieged city"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vineyard]] |