From fc4b5a51f2918f5f2d3bec27f769a897fe0dbc34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 20:45:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/18/21.md --- jer/18/21.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/18/21.md b/jer/18/21.md index 43ac87b814..f70a6753cd 100644 --- a/jer/18/21.md +++ b/jer/18/21.md @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ # give their children over to famine -The idiom "give over" means to place a person in the power of another person. Jeremiah speaks of "famine" as if it were a person who could have power over others. Alternate translation: "cause their children to die from famine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]]) +"cause their children to die from famine" # give them to the hands of those who use the sword -Here the word "hands" represents power. Alternate translation: "cause those who use the sword to have power over them" or "cause them to die in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"cause them to die in battle" # let their women become bereaved and widows -"let the children and husbands of their women die." The word "bereaved" refers to a woman whose children have all died. +"let the children and husbands of their women die." This refers to a woman whose children have all died. # their men be killed -The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "let their men be killed" or "let people kill their men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"let people kill their men" # their young men killed by the sword in battle -The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "let their young men be killed by the sword in battle" or "let people kill their young men with swords in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) - +"let their young men be killed by the sword in battle" \ No newline at end of file