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39 lines
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# Connecting Statement:
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This is part of the taunt song that the Israelites will sing to the king of Babylon.
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# Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked
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The staff of the wicked probably refers to a stick that wicked people would hit other people with. Breaking that stick represents destroying their power to treat people cruelly. AT: "Yahweh has destroyed the power of the wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the scepter of those rulers
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A scepter represents a ruler's power to rule. Breaking the scepter represents destroying the ruler's power. AT: "Yahweh has destroyed the power of the wicked rulers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# that struck the peoples
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"who struck the peoples." Wicked people struck the peoples with their staff.
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# with unceasing blows
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"without stopping" or "again and again"
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# that ruled the nations
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"who conquered other nations"
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# with an attack that was unrestrained
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"attacking them without stopping"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/staff]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/scepter]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wrath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]] |