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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/jit/figs-pastforfuture]])
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# For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and abandoned like the wilderness
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The cities that were strong and had many people living in them will become empty like a desert" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/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. Alternate translation: "calves feed, and there they lie down and consume" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
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