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## But like the bad figs that are too bad to be eaten ##
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This expression compares bad figs to bad people. Bad figs are figs which cannot be eaten and are useless, bad people do not follow Yahweh and are also useless. (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## I will turn them into a frightening thing, a disaster ##
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Yahweh compares the coming judgment on the people of Jerusalem to something that will scare other people when they see it. (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## I will send out sword, famine, and plague against them ##
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AT:"I will kill them with war, famine and sicknesses."
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## I will send out sword ##
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AT: "I will send enemy armies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |