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# When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "When an enemy defeats your people Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# because they have sinned against you
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"because your people Israel have sinned against you"
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# if they turn back to you
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Here "turn back to you" represents submitting again to God. AT: "if they submit to you again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# confess your name
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Possible meanings are 1) "confess that they have sinned against you" or 2) "praise you" or 3) "say that they will obey you from now on."
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# request forgiveness before you
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The abstract noun "forgiveness" can be translated as a verb. AT: "ask you to forgive them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# please listen from the heavens
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To "listen" is an idiom for responding to prayer. AT: "please honor their prayer" or "please answer their prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# bring them back to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors
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This implies that when their enemies defeated them, God's people will have gone to live in other lands. AT: "bring them back to their own land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/confess]] |