See in Reader
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# Look ... see
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These words add emphasis to what follows.
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# the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded like the dust on the scales
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The prophet compares the nations to a drop of water and to dust in order to emphasize how small and insignificant they are to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# like a drop in a bucket
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Possible meanings are 1) a drop of water that falls into a bucket or 2) a drop of water that drops out of a bucket.
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# are regarded like the dust on the scales
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Yahweh regards them as dust on the scales" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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