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1.1 KiB
Egyptians will be like women
This emphasizes that the people of Egypt will be afraid and helpless when God punishes them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
because of the upraised hand of Yahweh of hosts that he raises over them
Here "hand" refers to God's power, and raising the hand against them represents punishing them. AT: "because Yahweh of hosts has raised his powerful hand to punish them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
The land of Judah will become a cause of staggering to Egypt
The "land of Judah" and "Egypt" refer to the people in those places. The Egyptians will stagger because they are afraid. AT: "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to stagger" or "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to be terribly afraid" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Whenever anyone reminds them of her, they will be afraid
Here, "them" and "they" refer to the Egyptians and "her" refers to the people of Judah. AT: "Whenever anyone reminds the Egyptians of the people of Judah, the Egyptians will be afraid"