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# General Information:
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Yahweh is talking about Judah and Israel.
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# I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah
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A moth on a piece of wool and rot in a piece of wood are both destructive. Yahweh will destroy both nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# moth ... rot
These two terms are translated in various ways because the meaning of the Hebrew word is either very broad or it is uncertain.