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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. AT: "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. AT: "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." AT: "then may fire come out from me, the thornbush" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# Now
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This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
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# if you have done well concerning Jerub Baal and his house, and if you have punished him as he deserves
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Jotham offered the possibility that what they did was good, but Jotham does not actually believe what they did was good. AT: "if you have done what is right and Jerub Baal deserved for you to kill all of his sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# Jerub Baal
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This is another name for Gideon. See how you translated this in [Judges 6:32](../06/31.md).
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# his house
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Here "house" represents Gideon's family. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/amen]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cedar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lebanon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abimelech]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]] |