From 22ea358b33b010ff6bc65bf13f77f738cffdec6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 20:27:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/18/13.md --- jer/18/13.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/18/13.md b/jer/18/13.md index 5116f86ffe..ee2778bdec 100644 --- a/jer/18/13.md +++ b/jer/18/13.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ # Ask the nations, who has ever heard of such a thing as this? -Here the word "nations" represents the people in the nations. Yahweh asks this question to scold the people of Judah. Alternate translation: "Ask the nations if any of them have ever heard of such a thing as this." or "Nowhere on earth has anyone ever heard of such a thing like this." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"Ask the nations if any of them have ever heard of such a thing as this." # The virgin Israel has committed a horrible act -It was common to refer to nations as if they were women. Yahweh speaks of Israel being pure and faithful towards him as if she were a virgin and of Israel being unfaithful to him as if she had "committed a horrible act." Alternate translation: "Israel, who is like a virgin, has done something horrible" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - +"Israel, who is like a virgin, has done something horrible". Yahweh speaks of Israel being pure and faithful towards him as if she were a virgin and of Israel being unfaithful as if she had "committed a horrible act." \ No newline at end of file