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# General Information:
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The remnant of the people living in Egypt continue to speak. Beginning in 44:19, the women address Jeremiah.
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# were dying by sword and famine
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Here "sword" represents enemies carrying weapons. AT: "enemy soldiers were killing some of us and some of us were dying of hunger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# was it against our husbands that we did these things ... to her?
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The women were claiming to be innocent because their husband approved of what they were doing. AT: "our husbands knew what we were doing ... to her." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# cakes in her image
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These were probably small cakes shaped like stars or the crescent moon.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/drinkoffering]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]] |