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41 lines
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Yahweh continues to answer Habakkuk. He refers to the Chaldeans as though they are one person.
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## who carves out evil gains for his house ##
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"who works to get dishonest profits for his family"
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## set his nest on high ##
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"builds his house far from trouble"
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## the hand of evil ##
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This can be translated 1) "the hand of evil," treating "evil" as a person (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]]) or 2) "evil people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]).
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## You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many people ##
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"Because you cut off many people, your family will be suffer shame"
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## You ##
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singular (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-yousingular]])
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## cutting off ##
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destroying (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]
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## sinned against your own soul ##
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"hurt yourself"
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## stones...rafters of timber ##
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The "stones" and "rafters of timber" represent the people hurt in the building of the house, who in turn represent the people destroyed by the Chaldeans. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## cry out ##
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make accusations to God against the house builder
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## answer them ##
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agree with the accusations |