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# healed these waters
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This speaks of Yahweh making the bad water pure as if he healed it. Alternate translation: "made the waters pure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# there will be no more death or unfruitful land
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This refers to things caused by the bad water. This also can be written in positive form. Alternate translation: "there will be no more death or problems with crops caused by this water" or "from now on this water will bring life and help the land become fruitful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# to this day, ... spoke
This means that something remains in a certain condition until the present time. Alternate translation: "by the word which Elisha spoke, and have always remained pure since" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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