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# A thistle that was in Lebanon ... trampled down the thistle

This is a word picture and a riddle. A cedar tree is great and a thistle is small and worthless. Jehoash compares himself to the cedar and Amaziah to the thistle and warns Amaziah not to attack. If you have a similar comparison in your own language, you can use it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# thistle

type of bush with thorns

# saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,'

This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "asking the cedar to give his daughter to the thistle's son for a wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# A thistle that was in Lebanon ... trampled down the thistle`

			`This is a word picture and a riddle. A cedar tree is great and a thistle is small and worthless. Jehoash compares himself to the cedar and Amaziah to the thistle and warns Amaziah not to attack. If you have a similar comparison in your own language, you can use it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# thistle`

			`type of bush with thorns`

			`# saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,'`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "asking the cedar to give his daughter to the thistle's son for a wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00