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# General Information:
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Nahum often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. Here he continues to describe the destruction of Nineveh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# the city full of blood
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Here the word "blood" represents bloodshed and refers to the people who have committed murder. AT: "the city full of murderers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# It is all full of lies
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Here the word "lies" is a metonym for those who tell lies. AT: "It is full of liars" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the noise of whips and the sound of rattling wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots
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These phrases describe the sound of chariots rushing through the streets as their drivers use their whips on the horses.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/woe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horse]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]] |