From c7431ee93aaf28645e922acb58417bb38f6b9a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 19:19:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/23/10.md --- jer/23/10.md | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/23/10.md b/jer/23/10.md index fbc04a283d..f8f4ac7bf5 100644 --- a/jer/23/10.md +++ b/jer/23/10.md @@ -1,16 +1,11 @@ # the land is full of adulterers -The land is spoken of as if it were a container and the adulterers were objects that filled the container completely. That is, everyone in the land is an adulterer, which in turn is an exaggeration for very many people being adulterers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) - -# adulterers - -This word here probably has two senses. It has the literal meaning that the men in the nation had committed adultery against their own wives, and it also has the figurative meaning that they had abandoned Yahweh in order to worship idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Everyone in the land is an adulterer, which in turn is an exaggeration for very many people being adulterers. This word has the literal meaning that the men in the nation had committed adultery against their own wives, and it also has the figurative meaning that they had abandoned Yahweh in order to worship idols. # the land mourns -Possible meanings are 1) the dried up land is spoken of as if it were a person mourning. Or 2) the land is a metonym for the people who live in the land, who are mourning because the land is dried up. Alternate translation: "the people of the land mourn" ([[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"the people of the land mourn" # These prophets' paths are wicked -The wicked actions of the false prophets are spoken of as if they were walking on an evil path. Alternate translation: "These prophets are doing things that are wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - +"These prophets are doing things that are wicked" \ No newline at end of file