2.1 KiB
About the words that you heard
Here "words" represents the message that Huldah just spoke. AT: "About the message that you heard" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
because your heart was tender
Here "heart" represents a person's inner being. Feeling sorry is spoken of as if the heart were tender. AT: "because you felt sorry" or "because you repented" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
torn your clothes
This is a symbolic action that indicates intense grief or sadness. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
see, I will gather you to your ancestors. You will be gathered to your grave in peace
Both statements mean basically the same thing. They are polite ways of saying he will die. AT: "so I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
You will be gathered to your grave
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will gather you to your grave" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
your eyes will not see
Here "eyes" represents the whole person. Also, the phrase "will not see" represents not experiencing something. AT: "you will not experience" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the disaster I will bring on this place
Yahweh causing terrible things to happen is spoken of as if disaster were an object that Yahweh would bring to a place. AT: "the terrible things I will cause to happen to this place" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)