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# General Information:
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Jeremiah speaks to the captive Israelites.
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# the king who sits on the throne of David
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Sitting on the throne is a metonym for ruling as king. AT: "the king who rules the Israelites as David did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Yahweh of hosts says this
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Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:6](../06/06.md).
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# See
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This alerts the reader to pay attention to what follows. AT: "Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention"
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# I am about to send sword, famine, and disease on them
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The word "sword" is a metonym for war. The sword, famine, and disease are spoken of as people who can obey Yahweh's command to harm the Israelites. AT: "I am going to punish them by having them die in war, from hunger, and from illness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten
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Rotten figs are useless because they cannot be eaten, and Yahweh sees no use for the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fig]] |