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Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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## It will devour you like the locusts ##
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there will be nothing left. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## It ##
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the "fire" and "sword"
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## Multiply yourselves like locusts, like grasshoppers ##
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"Multiply yourself like locusts! Multiply yourself like grasshoppers!" These words seem to go more with [Nahum 3:16](./16.md) than with 3:15.
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## Multiply...like locusts ##
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This means they would become a very large city with many people and destroy many lands. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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