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# General Information:
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The writer uses similes to describe God's total destruction of Israel's enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind
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Both statements speak of God destroying his enemies as if he were a strong wind easily blowing them away. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire
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Both statements speak of God's punishment as if it were a fire, and the enemies of God are things that burn in the fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm
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Both statements ask God to destroy the enemies with storms. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chaff]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/terror]] |