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# Moab will be devastated and its cities attacked
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "The enemy army will devastate Moab and attack its cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# its finest young men have gone down to the place of slaughter
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The best men of Moab going to battle and being killed is spoken of as if they were animals taken to a place to be slaughtered. AT: "their fine young men will all be slaughtered" or "the enemy army will kill all of the finest men of Moab" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# This is the king's declaration
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Here "king" refers to Yahweh. This can be stated in first person. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 46:18](../46/18.md). AT: "This is what I, the king, declare" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])