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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to speak through Jeremiah to the people of Judah
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# soothsayers
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people who say what will happen in the future
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# the nation that places its neck under the yoke of the king
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Being the king's slave is spoken of as being an animal onto the shoulders of which the king puts a yoke so it can do heavy work. See how similar words are translated in [Jeremiah 27:8](./08.md). AT: "the nation whose people willingly becomes slaves of the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the nation that places
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The nation here is a metonym for the people of that nation. AT: "the nation of people who place"
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# cultivate
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This means to prepare and use land to grow food crops
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# make their homes in it
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"make their homes in their own land"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/divination]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sorcery]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rest]] |