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translationWords
- en:tw:altar
- en:tw:altar
- en:tw:devour
- en:tw:lordyahweh
- en:tw:lordyahweh
- en:tw:trumpet
- en:tw:wine
- en:tw:wine
- en:tw:yahweh
- en:tw:yahwehofhosts
- en:tw:yahweh
translationNotes
- This part of the prophecy continues with Hosea's words, instead of with Yahweh's words spoken through him.
- will appear to them - The word "them" refers to God's people. AT: "will be seen in the sky by his people" or "will come to his people"
- will be like lightning bolts - The Israelites sometimes thought of lightning bolts as arrows that God shot.
- blow the trumpet - The trumpets were rams' horns. People will blow into them to give signals in battle and on other occasions.
- **will advance with the storms from Teman ** - The Israelites sometimes thought of God as traveling on violent storms coming from the south.
- will devour - AT: "will completely defeat" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- defeat the stones of the slings - The Israelites will defeat the soldiers who fight with slingshots. These soldiers represent all the enemies of Israel, no matter what weapons they are carrying. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
- **Then they will drink and shout like men drunk on wine ** - AT: " They will shout and celebrate their victory as loudly as if they were drunk" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
- **and they will be filled with wine like bowls at the altar ** - AT: "and they will be as full of wine as basins that catch blood at the altar"
- like the corners of the altar - Altars had projecting corners where animal blood collected. AT: "as the corners of the altar are full of blood"