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## give them over to the power of the sword ##
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"Sword" represents warfare. AT: "cause them to die in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## let their women become bereaved and widows ##
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"let the children and husbands of their women die"
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## their men be killed, and their young men killed by the sword ##
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AT: "people kill their men, and kill their young men with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## a distressed shout be heard ##
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AT: "people hear a distressed shout" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## For they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for my feet ##
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Jeremiah's enemies are trying to capture him like a person would capture a wild animal. Jeremiah repeats the same idea twice for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## they have dug a pit ##
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See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 18:18](./18.md).
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## iniquities and sins ##
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These two words mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## Do not wipe their sins away from you ##
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This phrase means the same thing as the previous phrase. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## let them be overthrown before you ##
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AT: "let people overthrow them in your presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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