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# They
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The word "They" refers to the people who were hungry that Yahweh had settled in the land. This sentence describes how they were before Yahweh settled them in the land.
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# They were diminished and brought low
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Their leaders diminished their number and brought them low" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# were diminished
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"became fewer in number"
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# brought low
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This means to be humiliated. Alternate translation: "humiliated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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