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# Burn a third of it
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"Burn a third of your hair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])
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# midst
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middle
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# when the days of the siege are completed
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"when the days of Jerusalem's siege have ended" or "when the days have ended that you show how Jerusalem will put under siege"
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# take a third of the hair
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"take one of the three piles of hair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])
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# strike it with the sword all around the city
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"hit it with your sword all over the city"
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# scatter a third of it to the wind
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"let the wind blow the last third of your hair in different directions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])
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# I will draw out a sword to chase after the people
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The word "sword" is a metonym for enemy soldiers who will attack with their swords, and to "draw out a sword" is to send the soldiers into battle. Alternate translation: "I will cause their enemies to pursue them and attack them with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I will draw out a sword
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"I will pull a sword out of its container"
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