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# General Information:

Yahweh speaks of the nation of Israel as though it was the mother of the leaders of Israel. Here he begins to tell a story where she is a prosperous vine. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# a vine planted in your blood

Possible meanings are that "blood" represents 1) the violence of the kings of Judah who had murdered people. AT: "a vine planted by means of violence" or 2) The plentiful wine of Judah which had become a symbol of prosperity. AT: "a vine planted in your prosperity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# strong branches that were used for rulers' scepters

This can be stated in active form. AT: "branches strong enough that people used them for rulers' scepters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# its height was seen by the greatness of its foliage

This can be stated in active form. AT: "people could see how tall it was by the greatness of its foliage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Yahweh speaks of the nation of Israel as though it was the mother of the leaders of Israel. Here he begins to tell a story where she is a prosperous vine. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a vine planted in your blood`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are that "blood" represents 1) the violence of the kings of Judah who had murdered people. AT: "a vine planted by means of violence" or 2) The plentiful wine of Judah which had become a symbol of prosperity. AT: "a vine planted in your prosperity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])`

			`# strong branches that were used for rulers' scepters`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "branches strong enough that people used them for rulers' scepters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# its height was seen by the greatness of its foliage`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "people could see how tall it was by the greatness of its foliage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`