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# But if not
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Jotham offered the opposite possibility that what they did was evil and applied a curse. Jotham does believe what they did was evil. AT: "But if you treated Jerub Baal and his family as they did not deserve to be treated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem
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Jotham is speaking a curse. He speaks of Abimelech destroying the people of Shechem as if he would burn them with fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech
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Jotham is speaking a curse. He speaks of the people of Shechem and Beth Millo destroying Abimelech as if they would burn him with fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Beth Millo
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This is the name of a place. See how you translated this in [Judges 9:6](./06.md).
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