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# Let a distressed shout be heard
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The phrase "a distressed shout" can be translated with a verbal phrase. This can be stated in active form. AT: "Let people hear a distressed shout" or "Let people hear others shout in distress" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# For they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for my feet
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These two phrases share similar meanings. Jeremiah speaks of his enemies planning to kill him as if they had dug a pit for him to fall into and set traps in which to capture him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they have dug a pit
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See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 18:20](./20.md).
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# have hidden traps for my feet
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Here the word "feet" represents Jeremiah. AT: "have hidden traps for me" or "have hidden traps for me to step on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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