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# Connecting Statement:
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This is part of the taunt song that the Israelites will sing to the king of Babylon.
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# The whole earth
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This refers to everyone on earth. AT: "everyone on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Even the cypress trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon
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Isaiah speaks of the trees as if they were people who could rejoice. This emphasizes that it is such a great thing that God has stopped the king of Babylon that even nature would rejoice if it could. AT: "It will be as if even the cyprus trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# rejoice over you
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Why they rejoice can be stated clearly. AT: "rejoice that God has made you powerless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Since you are laid low
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Being laid low represents being made powerless and unimportant. AT: "Since you have become powerless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Sheol below is eager to meet you
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Sheol is spoken of as if it were a person who is eager to meet his guests. This implies that the king dies. AT: "Sheol is like a host eager to meet you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# It arouses the dead for you, all the kings of the earth
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"it wakes up the dead for you, all the kings of the earth." Sheol is spoken of as if it were a person that could wake up those who are in it. AT: "All the dead kings of the earth in Sheol wake up to greet you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fir]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cedar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lebanon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hades]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]] |