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17 lines
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# There will they offer
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"It is there that they will offer"
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# sacrifices of righteousness
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"acceptable sacrifices" or "proper sacrifices"
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# For they will suck the abundance of the seas, and from the sand on the seashore
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Possible meanings are 1) they will trade with people across the sea or 2) they were beginning to use sand in making pottery.
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# For they will suck the abundance of the seas
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The Hebrew word translated "suck" here refers to how a baby nurses at its mother's breast. It means the people will gain wealth from the sea like a baby gets milk from its mother. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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