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## Amon of Thebes ##
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"Amon" is the king of the Egyptian gods. "Thebes" is the capital of Egypt, and here represents the entire Egyptian empire. AT: "Amon, god over all of Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## I am giving them... into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants ##
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Here Nebuchadnezzar represents the whole nation of Babylon, and his "hand" represents "control." AT: "Yahweh is giving control of Egypt to the nation of Babylon." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days ##
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AT: "After the punishment of Yahweh, the nation of Egypt will return to being an independent nation."
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## this is Yahweh's declaration ##
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See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:9](../01/09.md)
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