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862 B
862 B
General Information:
The remnant of the people living in Egypt continue to speak. Beginning in 44:19, the women address Jeremiah.
were dying by sword and famine
Here "sword" represents enemies carrying weapons. AT: "enemy soldiers were killing some of us and some of us were dying of hunger" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
was it against our husbands that we did these things ... to her?
The women were claiming to be innocent because their husband approved of what they were doing. AT: "our husbands knew what we were doing ... to her." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
cakes in her image
These were probably small cakes shaped like stars or the crescent moon.