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911 B
911 B
Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what the previous generation of Israelites did.
Yet you refused to attack
Israel was to attack and destroy the Amorites, but Israel rebelled and refused to fight them out of fear.
Where can we go now?
The people use a question to emphasize their despair. AT: "We have nowhere to go" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
made our hearts to melt
AT: "made us very afraid" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
and are fortified up to the heavens
This is an exaggeration that emphasizes how frightened the people were because the cities were so large and strong. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
sons of the Anakim
These are descendants of the Anak people who were very large and fierce. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)