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17 lines
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# Were these not the same words ... to the west?
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Yahweh uses a question to scold the people. This question can be translated as a statement. AT: "These are the same words ... to the west." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# by the mouth of the former prophets
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Here "mouth" is a metonym for the words spoken by the mouth. AT: "by the words of the former prophets" or "through the former prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# you still inhabited Jerusalem
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"you still lived in Jerusalem"
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# foothills
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hills at the base of a mountain or mountain range
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