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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking.
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# I have raised up one
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Yahweh speaks of appointing a person as if he raised that person up. Alternate translation: "I have appointed one" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# from the sun's rising
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This refers to the east, the direction from which the sun rises. Alternate translation: "from the east" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# him who calls on my name
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Possible meanings are 1) that this person invokes Yahweh for his success or 2) that this person worships Yahweh.
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# he will trample the rulers
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Conquering the rulers of other nations is spoken of as if it were trampling them under foot. Alternate translation: "he will conquer the rulers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# like a potter who is treading on the clay
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Yahweh compares the way in which this person will trample the other rulers with the way that a potter tramples on clay to mix it with water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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