## a net ##

a trap for a bird or an animal

## you laid a severe burden on our waists ##

A heavy load is a test of endurance. AT: "it is like you've put heavy loads on our backs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## You made people ride over our heads ##

This is a picture of being horribly defeated in battle. AT: "It if as if our enemies defeated us in battle and drove their chariots over our fallen bodies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## went through fire and water ##

God tested them with natural disasters like fires and floods. AT: "we suffered like people who suffer from fires and floods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

## spacious place ##

AT: "safe place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])