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Yahweh continues speaking to Zion as if it were a person, a widow.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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## Though you were a waste and desolate ##
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"Though the enemy left you destroyed and empty"
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## bereavement - ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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** This refers to the time when the Israelites were in exile in Babylon.
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## The children born during the time of your bereavement ##
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AT: "The children born during the exile" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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