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# This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah
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The idiom "the word of Yahweh that came to" is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 14:1](../14/01.md), and make any changes as needed. AT: "This is the message that Yahweh gave to Jeremiah" or "This is the message that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# This word came to him
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The idiom "this word came to" is used to introduce a special message from God. AT: "Yahweh gave this message to Jeremiah" or "Yahweh spoke this message to Jeremiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# before Pharaoh
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Here "Pharaoh" represents the Egyptians army. AT: "before Pharaoh's army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# See
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The word "see" alerts us to pay attention to what is about to be said.
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# floods of water are rising in the north. They will be like an overflowing river!
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The two phrases have a similar meaning. The enemy army is spoken of as if it were a flood. AT: "an army in the north will come like a flood. They will be powerful like an overflowing river" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they will overflow the land
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This continues speaking of the army from the north as an overflowing river. AT: "like an overflowing river, the army from the north will destroy the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jeremiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/philistines]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gaza]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lament]] |