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 # Even the cypress trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon
 
-Isaiah speaks of the trees as if they were people who could rejoice. This emphasizes that it is such a great thing that God has stopped the king of Babylon that even nature would rejoice if it could. Alternate translation: "It will be as if even the cyprus trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
+"It will be as if even the cyprus trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over you"
 
 # rejoice over you
 
-Why they rejoice can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "rejoice that God has made you powerless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"rejoice that God has made you powerless" 
 
 # Since you are laid low
 
-Being laid low represents being made powerless and unimportant. Alternate translation: "Since you have become powerless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"Since you have become powerless"