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754 B
Markdown
17 lines
754 B
Markdown
# Egypt will become an abandoned devastation
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"Everyone will leave Egypt and no one will live there"
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# Edom will become an abandoned wilderness
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"Everyone will leave Edom and it will look like no people have ever lived there"
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# because of the violence done to the people of Judah
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"because of the violent things Egypt and Edom did to the people of Judah"
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# because they shed innocent blood in their land
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The word "they" refers to "Edom" and "Egypt" and is a metonym for the people of Egypt and Edom. The words "innocent blood" are a metonym for innocent people whom they have killed. AT: "because the people of Egypt and the people of Edom killed innocent people in the land of the people of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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