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# You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us
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These two phrases are parallel emphasizing how the people among whom they live mock them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# You make us a rebuke to our neighbors
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The word "rebuke" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "You make us something that our neighbors rebuke" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# scoffed and mocked by those around us
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "those around us scoff at us and mock us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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