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# Amon of Thebes
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"Amon" is the king of the Egyptian gods. "Thebes" is the capital of the northern part of Egypt, and here it represents the people of Thebes. AT: "Amon, god of Thebes" or "Amon, god of the people of Thebes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Egypt and her gods
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Here "Egypt" represents the people. AT: "all the people of Egypt and the gods they worship" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives
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Here "hand" represents power or control. The phrase "seeking their lives" is an idiom that mean to want to kill someone. AT: "I will allow those who are wanting to kill them to defeat them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants
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Here "hand" represents power or control. "Nebuchadnezzar ... his servants" names specifically "the ones seeking their lives." AT: "that is, I will allow Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants to defeat the Egyptians" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Then after this Egypt will be inhabited
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Then after this, people will live in Egypt again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nebuchadnezzar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare]] |