## Is Israel a slave? Was he not born at home? So why has he become plunder? ##

AT: "You people of Israel were not born slaves; but now you have been plundered by your enemies." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## why has he become plunder? ##

AT: "Everything you owned has been taken by force?"

## Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror! His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants. ##

AT: "Your enemies attacked you roaring like young lions.  They destroyed your land and burned your towns so that no one can live in them." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## roar ##

a loud sound made by a wild animal

## inhabitants ##

people who live in a certain place

## Memphis and Tahpanhes ##

cities in Egypt (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## shave your skull ##

The Egyptians shaved the hair of the head of an Israelite to show that they were now slaves.

## Did you not do this to yourselves when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way? ##

AT: "You cause this yourselves by abandoning Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])