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# out of darkness
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Darkness here represents death. Alternate translation: "out of the darkness of death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a flame will dry up his stalks
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Here the flame represents God's judgment and the drying up of his stalks represents either the fact that his possessions disappear, or that he will die. Alternate translation: "God will take everything he owns away, like a fire dries out the moist branches of a tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the breath of God's mouth
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Here God's "breath" represents his judgement. Alternate translation: "God's breath" or "God's judgment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# he will go away
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This refers to him dying. Alternate translation: "he will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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