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# when the foundation of my house was laid
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This can be expressed in active form. AT: "when you were building the foundation of my house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Strengthen your hands
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This is an idiom that means to be courageous for the work. AT: "Be strong and courageous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# For before those days
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Here "those days" refers to the time the people of Judah started to rebuild the temple.
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# no crops were gathered in
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"there were no crops to harvest"
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# there was no profit for either man or beast
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It was useless for people and their animals to farm the land, because they got no food from it.
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# for anyone going or coming
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This merism refers to all of life's activities everywhere that anyone went. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# I had set every person each against his neighbor
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"I had turned everyone against each other"
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