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# soldiers in her midst are like a fattened bull
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The writer compares soldiers to "fattened bulls" because the soldiers are well cared for by the Egyptians just as a farmer takes care of a bull and makes it fat. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# They will not stand together
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To "stand together" is an idiom meaning to remain united. The writer is saying that the soldiers will not fight as a unit but will run away thinking only of saving themselves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the day of their disaster is coming against them
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This speaks of a day as if it travels and arrives in a location. AT: "they will experience disaster on that day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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