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## Is Israel a slave? Was he not born at home? So why has he become plunder? ##
AT: "You people of Israel were not born slaves; but now you have been plundered by your enemies." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
## why has he become plunder? ##
AT: "Everything you owned has been taken by force?"
## Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror! His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants. ##
AT: "Your enemies attacked you roaring like young lions. They destroyed your land and burned your towns so that no one can live in them." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## roar ##
a loud sound made by a wild animal
## inhabitants ##
people who live in a certain place
## Memphis and Tahpanhes ##
cities in Egypt (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## shave your skull ##
The Egyptians shaved the hair of the head of an Israelite to show that they were now slaves.
## Did you not do this to yourselves when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way? ##
AT: "You cause this yourselves by abandoning Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way." (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])