1.1 KiB
there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak
This refers to the people of those cities. AT: "the people in five Egyptian cities will speak" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the language of Canaan
This refers to Hebrew, the language of the people of God living in the land of Canaan. Here Canaan represents the people who live there. AT: "the language of the people of Canaan" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
swear allegiance
"promise to be loyal"
One of these will be called
This can be stated in active form. "People will call one of these cities" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
called The City of the Sun
It is not clear whether the Hebrew word translated "Sun" here means "sun" or "destruction." Is is also not clear what the name tells us about the city. AT: "the city called 'Sun City'" or "the city called 'Destruction City'" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-textvariants)