unfoldingWord_en_tn/isa/51/23.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking to the people of Israel.

# I will put it into the hand of your tormentors

This speaks of Yahweh punishing their enemies as if he were going to force them to drink from the cup filled with his anger. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# I will put it into the hand of your tormentors

It is implied that by putting the cup of his anger in their hand Yahweh will be forcing them to drink what is in the cup. AT: "I will force your tormentors to drink from the wine of the bowl of my anger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# your tormentors

The word "tormentors" may be expressed with a verb. AT: "those who have tormented you" or "those who have caused you to suffer"

# you made your back like the ground and like the street for them to walk on

This compares the way their enemies walked on their back to the way people walk on the street. AT: "you lay in the streets so your enemies could walk on your backs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Yahweh continues speaking to the people of Israel.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I will put it into the hand of your tormentors`

			`This speaks of Yahweh punishing their enemies as if he were going to force them to drink from the cup filled with his anger. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# I will put it into the hand of your tormentors`

			`It is implied that by putting the cup of his anger in their hand Yahweh will be forcing them to drink what is in the cup. AT: "I will force your tormentors to drink from the wine of the bowl of my anger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# your tormentors`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "tormentors" may be expressed with a verb. AT: "those who have tormented you" or "those who have caused you to suffer"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# you made your back like the ground and like the street for them to walk on`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This compares the way their enemies walked on their back to the way people walk on the street. AT: "you lay in the streets so your enemies could walk on your backs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]`