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581 B
581 B
Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel and Judah.
harsh arrows of famine
"intense famine"
break your staff of bread!
A "staff" was something that people leaned upon to support them. This phrase is a metaphor which means "remove the supply of food that you are depending upon." AT: "cut off your food supply" (UDB). (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
plague and blood will pass through you
"plague and violent death will pass through you." This violent death would be caused by war. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)