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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to answer Habakkuk and to speak of the Chaldeans as if they were one man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you
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The Chaldeans being punished for the violence done to Lebanon is spoken of as if their violent actions were a person who will overpower them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# The violence done to Lebanon
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Possible meanings for the word "Lebanon" are 1) it represents the forest of Lebanon. Alternate translation: "The violence done to the trees of Lebanon" or 2) it represents the people of Lebanon. Alternate translation: "The violence done to the people of Lebanon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# the devastation of animals will terrify you
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The Chaldeans being punished for destroying the animals in Lebanon is spoken of as if what they had done were a person who will terrify them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# For you have shed the blood of man ... all who live in them
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See how you translated this sentence in [Habakkuk 2:8](../02/08.md).
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# you have shed the blood of man
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The idiom "to shed blood" means "to murder." Alternate translation: "you have murdered people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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