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# Has not my prized possession become a speckled bird, that other birds of prey go against her all around?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that his people are surrounded by their enemies. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "My prized possession has become a speckled bird and other birds of prey go against her all around." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Has not my prized possession
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Here Yahweh speaks of his people as his "prized possession." AT: "Have not my people, who are my prized possession" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# become a speckled bird, that other birds of prey go against her all around
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Here Yahweh speaks of his people being in danger and surrounded by their enemies as if they were a speckled bird surrounded by birds of prey. AT: "become like a speckled bird, and her enemies are like birds of prey attacking her on all sides" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a speckled bird
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"a strange looking bird." This refers to a bird that was often picked on and eaten by other birds.
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# birds of prey
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birds that attack and eat animals
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# Go and gather all the wild beasts and bring them to devour her
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Yahweh speaks here in the form of a command to strengthen what he says. This command is not directed to a specific person and may be written as a statement. AT: "Let all the wild beasts in the fields come and eat her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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