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# General Information:
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These verses begin a section that tells about the coming attack against Jerusalem and how God will rescue the city.
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# This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel
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"This is the message that Yahweh declares concerning Israel"
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# who stretched out the skies
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This is a metaphor that speaks of the sky as if it were like a scroll that is rolled up and needs to be stretched out. AT: "the one who created the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# laid the foundation of the earth
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This is a metaphor that speaks of the earth as if it were a building with a foundation. AT: "put all the earth into place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# fashions the spirit of mankind within man
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This is a metaphor that speaks of the spirit as if it were like clay that a potter shapes. AT: "creates the human spirit"
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# I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup ... to stagger about
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Yahweh using Jerusalem to punish the surrounding peoples is spoken of as if Yahweh would make Jerusalem a cup full of an alcoholic drink that will cause the surrounding peoples to get drunk and stagger. AT: "Soon it will be like I make Jerusalem into a cup ... to stagger about" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# into a cup
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Here "cup" represents the cup and the contents within the cup. AT: "into a cup full of wine" or "into a cup full of an alcoholic drink" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# surrounding her
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Here "her" refers to the city of Jerusalem. It was common in Hebrew to speak of a city or country as if it were a woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples
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Yahweh using Jerusalem to punish the surrounding peoples is spoken of as if he would make Jerusalem a heavy stone. AT: "It will be like I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/spirit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/siege]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]] |