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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues his metaphor in which he speaks of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria as if they were two sexually immoral women. This metaphor continues through Ezekiel 23:34. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# You will drink your sister's cup
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Here Yahweh speaks of punishment as if it were a cup of wine the woman drank. Alternate translation: "You will drink the same cup of punishment as your sister" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# your sister's cup that is
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Here the "cup" represents what is in the cup. Alternate translation: "from your sister's cup that is" or "all that is in your sister's cup, and her cup is" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a laughingstock ... a subject for derision
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Both of these phrases refer to a person who is laughed at and criticized because of their foolish behavior. Derision is mocking or ridiculing something or someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# this cup contains a great amount
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This sentence does not say what is in the cup because it is understood by reading [Ezekiel 23:31](../23/31.md). Alternate translation: "this cup contains a great amount of punishment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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