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13 lines
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Yahweh is speaking.
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## Israel is swallowed up ##
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The tribes of Israel have been taken captive by their enemies and taken away to other lands. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## like a wild donkey all alone ##
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Israel is compared to a wild donkey, an animal that was known to be headstrong and unruly (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## Ephraim has hired lovers for herself ##
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AT: "The people of Israel have tried to pay other nations to protect them." (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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