From b2b0df006cdad1a309f402042537506dc10010c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:09:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jol/03/13.md --- jol/03/13.md | 14 +++----------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/jol/03/13.md b/jol/03/13.md index da8690133a..eda3972222 100644 --- a/jol/03/13.md +++ b/jol/03/13.md @@ -1,14 +1,6 @@ # Put in the sickle ... the winepress is full -Possible meanings are that Yahweh speaks of completely destroying the nations as if 1) he were harvesting all the grapes and all the grain or 2) he were harvesting quickly, while the grain and grapes are ripe. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - -# Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe - -Yahweh speaks of making war against the nations as if he were using a sharp tool to harvest a field of ripe crops. If your readers will not understand the word "sickle," you may use the word for any sharp tool that your people use for harvesting. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - -# Put in the sickle - -"Swing the sickle to cut the grain." This is a metaphor for a soldier using a sword to kill people, but it is best to use the word for a sharp tool used in harvesting. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Possible meanings are that Yahweh speaks of completely destroying the nations as if 1) he were harvesting all the grapes and all the grain or 2) he were harvesting quickly, while the grain and grapes are ripe. # sickle @@ -20,9 +12,9 @@ a long curved knife that people use for cutting grain # Come, crush the grapes, for the winepress is full -Yahweh speaks of the nations as if they were many grapes in a winepress, ready for people to crush them by stepping on them. Alternate translation: "Come, completely destroy the nations, for they are many, and they are helpless to resist you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"Come, completely destroy the nations, for they are many, and they are helpless to resist you" # The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great -Yahweh speaks of the nations' wickedness as if it were the juice that flows from the winepress into storage containers, and more juice flows into the vats than they can contain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Yahweh speaks of the nations' wickedness as if it were the juice that flows from the winepress into storage containers, and more juice flows into the vats than they can contain.