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# Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard
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Here Yahweh speaks of his land and his people being destroyed by armies as if they were a vineyard that shepherds had destroyed. Alternate translation: "My people and my land are like a vineyard that many shepherds have destroyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Many shepherds have destroyed
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Here the word "shepherds" refers to their sheep. Alternate translation: "Many shepherds have allowed their sheep to destroy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# They have trampled on
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"They have crushed under their feet"
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# my portion of land
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"the ground I planted" or "my field"
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