# General Information:

Ehud speaks to the people of Israel in Ephraim.

# for Yahweh is about to defeat your enemies

Yahweh helping the Israelites to defeat their enemies is spoken of as if Yahweh were a warrior who would fight and defeat their enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# captured the fords

"gained control of the fords"

# fords

the areas of a river where it is shallow and easy to walk across to the other side

# did not allow anyone to cross

"did not let anyone cross"