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# General Information:
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Jotham continues telling his parable, where trees represent various people groups, and makes the application.
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# The thornbush said to the trees
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In this parable, Jotham describes the thornbush and the trees as doing things that humans do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# to anoint me as king over you
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To anoint someone with oil is a symbolic action that appoints a person to be king. Alternate translation: "to appoint me as your king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# find safety
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The word "safety" is an abstract noun that can be expressed as an adjective. Alternate translation: "be safe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# fire come out of the thornbush and let it burn up the cedars of Lebanon
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This means to let the thornbush burn so that it will burn the cedars.
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# then let fire come out of the thornbush
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The thornbush refers to itself as "the thornbush." Alternate translation: "then may fire come out from me, the thornbush" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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