27 lines
1.1 KiB
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27 lines
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# in his time of suffering
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"when he was suffering"
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# the gods of Damascus
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The Syrians believed Damascus to be the city where their gods dwelt, much like Yahweh dwelt in Jerusalem. AT: "the gods whom the Syrians worshiped in Damascus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# gods that had defeated him
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This expresses Ahaz's opinion. Because the Syrians had defeated him and his army, Ahaz attributed his defeat to the gods whom the Syrians worshiped. AT: "gods whom he believed had enabled the Syrian army to defeat him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# they were the ruin of him and of all Israel
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The word "ruin" can be translated with a verb. AT: "those gods ruined him and all Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# all Israel
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Here "Israel" represents the southern kingdom of Judah.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/damascus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/aram]] |