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# For the fortified city is ... consumes its branches
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Here Isaiah describes an event that will happen in the future as if it already happened. This emphasizes that it certainly will happen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pastforfuture]])
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# For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and forsaken like the wilderness
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "The cities that were strong and had many people living in them will become empty like a desert" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the fortified city ... the habitation
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This does not refer to a specific city or habitation but to cities and habitations in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])
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# a calf feeds, and there he lies down and consumes
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Here "calf" represents calves or cattle in general. AT: "calves feed, and there they lie down and consume" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])
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# When the boughs ... not a people of understanding
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The people becoming so weak because they disobey Yahweh so that enemies can easily destroy them is spoken of as if they are dry branches that women break off of a tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "When the branches wither, women will come and break them off and make fires with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# this is not a people of understanding
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This can be made more explicit. AT: "this is not a people who understands Yahweh or his law" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# a people
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Possible meanings are 1) "people" refers to the people of Israel or 2) "people" refers the people of foreign nations who oppress the people of Israel.
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# Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and he who made them will not be merciful to them
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Both clauses mean the same thing. AT: "Because they do not understand, Yahweh, the one who made them, will not be merciful to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) |