richmahn_en_tn/neh/09/26.md

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# Connecting Statement:
In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
# They threw your law behind their backs
The law is spoken of as if it were a worthless item that a person could throw away. AT: "They considered your law worthless and paid no attention to it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# They threw your law
The Israelites threw Yahweh's law.
# you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer
Here "hand" represents power or control. AT: "you allowed their enemies to defeat them and cause them to suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# you sent them rescuers who rescued them out of the hand of their enemies
Here "hand" represents power or control. AT: "you sent people to stop their enemies from harming them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])