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1.2 KiB
Then one will rise up in his place
AT: "Then another man will succeed the king of the North" or "Then another man will become king of the North"
will force taxes to be paid
AT: "will force people to pay taxes" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
a despised person to whom the people will not have given the honor of royalty
"a person whom the people will despise and will not honor as king." They will refuse to honor him because he does not have royal ancestors so he does not have the right to become king.
A great army will be swept away like a flood before him
AT: "He will sweep away a great army like a flood" or "His army will completely destroy a great army as a flood destroys anything in its path." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile).
that army and the leader established by the covenant will be destroyed
AT: "he will destroy that army and the leader established by the covenant" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
the leader established by the covenant
This covenant is probably God's covenant with Israel. AT: "the one whom God made to be the leader of his covenant with Israel" or "the leader of Israel's priests"