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850 B
850 B
God warns the people of Israel about the coming locust army.
you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine
If your language has only one word for "weep" and "wail," you can combine the lines: "you people who love wine should cry out in sorrow" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
a nation
The locust swarm is like an invading army. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
His teeth...he has the teeth...he has made...he has stripped
The locusts are like a nation which is like one person. You can refer to the nation as "it," or to the locusts as "they" (see UDB), or to the invader as one person (ULB).
my land...my vineyard...my fig tree
Yahweh's land, vineyard, and fig tree
terrifying
Those who see the land are appalled or horrified because it is completely destroyed.