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General Information:
Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel and Judah.
as I live
"as surely as I am alive." Yahweh uses this expression to show that what he says next is certainly true. This is a way of making a solemn promise. AT: "I solemnly swear" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. AT: "this is what the Lord Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
Lord Yahweh
See how you translated this in Ezekiel 2:4.
defiled ... sanctuary
ruined the place that Yahweh had set aside to be only for his use
with all your hateful things
"with all of those things of yours that I hate." You may need to make explicit that this refers to idols: "with all your idols, which I hate" or "with all your disgusting idols." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
with all your disgusting deeds
"with all the disgusting things that you do"
my eye will not have pity on you
The eye is a synecdoche for the person whose eye it is. AT: "I will not pity you" (See: and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
I will not spare you
"I will surely punish you"
they will be consumed by famine in your midst
"many of them will die because of famine"
translationWords
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordyahweh
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/defile
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sanctuary
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/plague
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword