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# Connecting Statement:
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This passage continues the metaphor of Yahweh's extreme anger as wine that he causes the people of the nations to drink from a cup. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the sea
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This is a reference to the Mediterranean Sea.
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# Dedan, Tema, and Buz
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These are the names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# all the ones who cut the hair on the sides of their heads
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This probably refers to people who cut their hair short in order to honor a pagan god. Some modern versions interpret this Hebrew expression as "all the people who live on the edge of the wilderness." See how you translated a similar phrase in [Jeremiah 9:26](../09/25.md).
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# they also had to drink it
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"they also had to drink the wine from the cup" |