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# the house of Israel
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The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/01.md). AT: "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Repent and turn away from your idols! Turn back your faces from all your abominations
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Both of these phrases are ways to tell the people of Israel to stop worshiping idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Repent and turn away
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The words "repent" and "turn way" mean basically the same thing. Together they strengthen the command to stop worshiping idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# Turn back your faces
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Here the word "faces" represents the people. AT: "Turn back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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