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# built herself a stronghold
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Here the city of Tyre is pictured as a woman. AT: "built a strong fortress" or "built a high wall" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets
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Yahweh exaggerates to emphasize how rich Tyre was. AT: "accumulated silver and gold as much as soil in the streets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Look! The Lord will dispossess her
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Here "Look!" tells the reader to pay attention to the important statement that follows. AT: "Pay attention! The Lord will take away Tyre's possessions"
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# destroy her strength on the sea
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Tyre's "strength on the sea" refers to the ships that were used for commerce and conquest. AT: "destroy Tyre's ships in which men fight on the sea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# so she will be devoured by fire
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "and enemies will burn the city to the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/stronghold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]