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# I sent a plague on you as on Egypt
"I sent a plague on you as I did on Egypt" or "I sent a plague on you as I sent plagues on Egypt"
# I sent a plague on you
"I caused terrible things to happen to you"
"I caused terrible things to happen to you as I did to Egypt"
# I killed your young men with the sword
Here "the sword" represents battle. God killed them by sending enemies to fight against them. Alternate translation: "I made your enemies kill your men in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"I made your enemies kill your men in battle"
# along with the captivity of your horses
Possible meanings are 1) God also killed the horses that the Israelites had captured from other people, or 2) God also captured the Israelites' horses. (See [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
"and I caused your horses to be taken captive or "and I made your enemies take your horses captive and kill them"
# made the stench of your camp come up to your nostrils
A stench is a bad smell. The stench coming up to their nostrils represents them smelling something terrible. It can be stated clearly that the smell was from the dead bodies of those who were killed. Alternate translation: "I made you smell the terrible odor of the dead bodies in your camp" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
# you have not returned to me
Returning to God represents submitting again to him. See how you translated this in [Amos 4:6](../04/06.md). Alternate translation: "you have not submitted again to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated these words in [Amos 2:11](../02/11.md). Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
"I made you smell the terrible odor of the dead bodies in your camp"