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17 lines
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Yahweh speaks to the Israelites about Nineveh.
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## they...they...their ##
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the people of Nineveh
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## they will...be sheared ##
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Alternate translations: "I will take away their strength like a shepherd shears a sheep" or "I will cut them down like tall grass" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## break that people's yoke from off you ##
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Alternate translation: "set you free from slavery to those people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## break your chains ##
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"break the chains with which they bound you as slaves" |