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# feast on
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"eat much"
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# now starve in the streets
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These people no longer have homes, so they live outside along the streets.
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# Those who were brought up wearing scarlet clothing
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "those who grew up wearing scarlet clothing" or "those who wore scarlet clothing when they were growing up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# scarlet clothing
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Here this phrase is a metonym for luxurious, expensive, and comfortable clothing, at least some of which was probably scarlet. Alternate translation: "luxurious clothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# now lie on piles of ashes
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This is because they no longer have homes and soft beds.
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