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# when a land sins against me
Here the word "land" represents the people who live in the land. Alternate translation: "when the people who live in a land sin against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# break the staff of its bread
Yahweh speaks of the supply of bread as if it were a staff. The word "bread" represents all kinds of food. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Ezekiel 4:16](../04/16.md). Alternate translation: "end the supply of its food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# cut off both men and animals from the land
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Yahweh speaks of killing people and animals as if he were cutting them off, like a person would cut a branch from a tree. Alternate translation: "kill both men and animals in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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