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# Yahweh will attack Israel as a reed is shaken in the water
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The writer here uses a simile to express how Yahweh will bring judgment on the people of Israel. Alternate translation: "Yahweh will attack the people of Israel as a reed is shaken in the water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# as a reed is shaken in the water
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "like a river of water shakes a reed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he will root up Israel out of this good land
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Yahweh compares Israel with a plant that he will tear out of the ground by its roots. Alternate translation: "he will remove the people of Israel from this good land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# scatter them
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"disperse them"
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