# Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail

Possible meanings: 1) The Assyrian army is like a boat that is unable to move through the water: the ropes that support the mast and sail have come loose and no longer support the mast, so the sail is useless ([Isaiah 33:1](./01.md)) or 2) the people of Judah are no longer at war: "You have loosened the cords that supported your flagpole; the flag no longer flies" ([Isaiah 33:17](./17.md)-[Isaiah 22](./22.md)). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# mast

tall poles that support the sail

# sail

a large cloth that fills with wind and moves a boat through the water

# when the great spoil is divided

This can be stated in active form. AT: "when they divide the treasure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the lame

This refers to people who are cannot walk. AT: "those who are lame" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# the people who live there will be forgiven for their iniquity

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh will forgive the sins of the people who live there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forgive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]]