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961 B
Markdown
25 lines
961 B
Markdown
These are Yahweh's words about Israel.
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## The time is coming; the day has drawn near ##
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Both "The time" and "the day" refer to the time when God will punish the people of Israel. Alternative translation: "Israel's punishment will happen very soon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## the vision is against the entire multitude ##
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"what God has shown will happen to the the multitude"
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## multitude ##
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a very large number of people. Here it refers to the people of Israel.
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## as long as they live ##
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The word "they" refers to the people of Israel who sell things.
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## they will not return ##
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"they will not go back to Israel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## no man living in his sin will be strengthened ##
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The word "strengthened" refers to God's helping a person to keep going when things are hard through hope, encouragement and physical energy. "no one alive who keeps disobeying God will be helped by God." |