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# General Information:
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Isaiah continues to describe the time when the army of Assyria will attack Israel.
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# the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria
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The word "razor" is a metaphor for the king of Assyria and his army, and Yahweh speaks of the king as if the king were a man who would do Yahweh's work and then receive money from Yahweh. Alternate translation: "the Lord will call the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to work for him to shave you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that was hired
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that he bought" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the head ... the hair of the legs ... also ... the beard
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It was bad to have someone shave the top of the head; it was worse to have someone shave "the hair of the legs"; it was worst of all to have someone shave the beard.
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# the head ... the hair of the legs ... the beard
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Isaiah does not say whose head, hair, and beard the Lord is going to shave, but Ahaz and the reader would understand that this is a man; the man is a metaphor for the people living in the land of Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the head
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Here "the head" represents the hair that grows on it. Alternate translation: "the hair on the head" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the hair of the legs
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Possible meanings are 1) this is a polite way to speak of the hair on the lower body or 2) this speaks of the hair on the legs. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# it will also sweep
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"the razor will also sweep." If your language requires a person to be the subject of "will ... sweep," you can say, "the Lord will also sweep."
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