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# I have summoned a drought upon the land
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Rain not falling for a long time is spoken of as if Yahweh had told a person to come and make the land dry. Alternate translation: "I have kept the rain from falling on the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# upon the new wine, upon the oil
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"Wine" and "oil" are metonyms for grapes and olives. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# what the earth sends forth
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"what the earth produces" or "all kinds of food"
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# all the labor of your hands
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The abstract noun "labor" can be translated using the phrase "work hard." The labor that the hands perform is a metonym for the things that the labor produces. The hand is a metonym for the person. Alternate translation: "everything you have worked hard to make" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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