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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking to Zion as if it were a woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# Can the booty be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the ruthless?
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Isaiah uses a question to express the difficulty of taking anything from a mighty soldier or a very strong warrior. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "A person cannot take the booty from a warrior or rescue captives from ruthless soldiers." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# booty
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valuable items taken from the losers in a battle
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# the ruthless
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This nominal adjective refers to any ruthless person, not to one particular ruthless person. Alternate translation: "ruthless people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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