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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to answer Habakkuk and to speak of the Chaldeans as if they were one man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you
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The Chaldeans being punished for the violence done to Lebanon is spoken of as if their violent actions were a person who will overpower them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# The violence done to Lebanon
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Possible meanings for the word "Lebanon" are 1) it represents the forest of Lebanon. AT: "The violence done to the trees of Lebanon" or 2) it represents the people of Lebanon. AT: "The violence done to the people of Lebanon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the destruction of animals will terrify you
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The Chaldeans being punished for destroying the animals in Lebanon is spoken of as if their destruction were a person who will terrify them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# For you have shed human blood ... all who live in them
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See how you translated this sentence in [Habakkuk 2:8](./08.md).
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# you have shed human blood
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The idiom "to shed blood" means "to murder." AT: "you have murdered people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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