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# I will break the Assyrian in my land
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Breaking represents defeating. Alternate translation: "I will defeat the Assyrian in my land" or "I will cause the Assyrian in my land to be defeated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the Assyrian
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This represents the Assyrian king and his army. Alternate translation: "the king of Assyria and his army" or "the Assyrian army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# trample him underfoot
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This represents completely defeating him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Then his yoke will be lifted from off them and his burden from off their shoulder
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This can be expressed with an active verb. Alternate translation: "Then I will lift his yoke from them and his burden from their shoulder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Then his yoke will be lifted from off them and his burden from off their shoulder
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Lifting the yoke and burden represents setting people free from slavery. Alternate translation: "Then I will set the Israelites free from slavery to Assyria like removing a heavy burden from their shoulder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# his yoke ... his burden
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The word "his" refers to Assyria.
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# from off them ... from off their shoulder
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The words "them" and "their" refer to the people of Israel.
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