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## Our enemies ##
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The Babylonian army.
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## they are so close that they are breathing down our necks ##
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AT: "they run closely after us." Some versions read, "They have put their feet on our necks," to symbolize victory. Other versions read, "they have put a yoke on our necks," that is, "they have made us into slaves."
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## reached out with our hands to ##
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AT: "made a treaty with" or "surrendered to" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## to be filled with food ##
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AT: "so that we would have food to eat"
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## they are no more ##
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AT: "they have died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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## we bear their sins ##
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AT: "we bear the punishment for their sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |