# thin and scorched by the east wind
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that were thin and burned because of the hot wind from the east" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# the east wind
Wind from the east blew in from the desert. The heat of the east wind was often very destructive.
# sprouted up
"grew up" or "developed"
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