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# General Information:
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Yahweh appears to be the speaker in verses 9-13.
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# As for you ... Zion
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Here "you" is singular, and continues to refer to the city of Jerusalem, also called "Zion."
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# the pit where there is no water
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This dry pit represents the exile in Babylon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Return to the stronghold
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Jerusalem is spoken of as a place of safety. AT: "Come back to your nation where you will be safe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# prisoners of hope
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This expression refers to the Israelites in exile who were still trusting in God to rescue them. AT: "prisoners who still hope in Yahweh"
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# return double to you
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"return to you twice as much as was taken from you"
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# I have bent Judah as my bow
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The people of Judah are referred to as if they were a bow carried by God into battle. Here "Judah" refers to the people of that nation. AT: "I will cause the people of Judah to be like my bow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# filled my quiver with Ephraim
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Yahweh speaks of the people of Israel, the northern kingdom, as if they were arrows that he would shoot at his enemies. A quiver is a bag that holds a soldier's arrows. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece
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God is speaking to the people of two different nations at the same time. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/stronghold]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bowweapon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/greece]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]] |