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## They ##
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The word "They" refers to the people who were hungry but Yahweh blessed them.
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## were diminished ##
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"became fewer in number"
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## and brought low by painful distress and suffering ##
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AT: "because their leaders oppressed and made them suffer." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## pours contempt on ##
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AT: "shows contempt for." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## the leaders ##
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"the nobility" or "the upper class"
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## where there are no roads ##
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"where people never go."
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