15 lines
730 B
Markdown
15 lines
730 B
Markdown
## Behold ##
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This can be translated as “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”
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## I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves ##
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Here the word "nations" refers to their armies. AT: "I will gather an army from the nations that is as great and powerful as the waves in the raging sea." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## tower ##
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a tall building used to watch for enemies or to hide in
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## I will sweep her dust away and make her like a bare rock ##
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AT: "I will cause the army to completely destroy the city, and they will leave nothing there so that it will be like a rock with nothing on it." |