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Is Israel a slave? Was he not born at home? So why has he become plunder?
AT: "You people of Israel were not born slaves; but now you have been plundered by your enemies." (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
why has he become plunder?
AT: "Everything you owned has been taken by force?"
Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror! His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants.
AT: "Your enemies attacked you roaring like young lions. They destroyed your land and burned your towns so that no one can live in them." (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
roar
a loud sound made by a wild animal
inhabitants
people who live in a certain place
Memphis and Tahpanhes
cities in Egypt (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
shave your skull
The Egyptians shaved the hair of the head of an Israelite to show that they were now slaves.
Did you not do this to yourselves when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way?
AT: "You cause this yourselves by abandoning Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way." (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)