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665 B
665 B
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness
Some modern versions choose to translate, "Your children will wander in the wilderness." This is because in ancient times, shepherds usually wandered from place to place so their flocks and herds could find pasture.
They must bear the punishment for your acts
"They must have me punish them for your acts" or "They must suffer because of what you have done"
until the end of your corpses
A corpse is a dead body. The end of their corpses represents the last of the them dying. Alternate translation: "until the last one of you dies" or "until all of you die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)