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13 lines
660 B
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Hosea the prophet is speaking.
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## an east wind will come; the wind of Yahweh ##
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This means that the judgment of Yahweh on Israel (Ephraim) is coming soon. (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Ephraim's spring will dry up, and his well will have no water ##
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The northern kingdom is spoken of as if it were a tree or a plant that always needed water to live. AT: "The people of Israel will meet disaster" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## his storehouse ##
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All of the people's possessions in the northern kingdom are spoken of as if they were kept in a single storehouse. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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