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## The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot ##
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AT: "Like stepping on a flower the enemy army will crush the proud drunkards of Ephraim" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## The fading flower of his glorious beauty, that is on the head of the rich valley ##
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This refers to the city of Samaria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## will be as the first ripe fig...gulps it down ##
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This emphasizes that when the enemies of Israel see all the beauty of Samaria they will quickly plunder it and take away all its good things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) |