# in three days

"three days later"

# ninth month and the twentieth day of the month

This is the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. The twentieth day is near the middle of December on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# in the square

a large open courtyard in front of the temple

# committed treason

The abstract noun "treason" can be translated as a verb. AT: "helped the enemies of your people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# so as to increase Israel's guilt

"and now God considers us guilty of worse sin than before"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ezra]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner]]