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# this city ... do for it ... give to it
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The city is a metonym for the people who live in the city. Alternate translation: "the people who live in this city ... do for the people who live there ... give to the people who live there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a song of praise and honor for all the nations of the earth
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The word "song" is a metonym for the object about which people will sing the song. Alternate translation: "something about which all the people groups of the earth will sing songs of praise and honor to me, Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# they will fear and tremble
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The hendiadys "fear and tremble" can be translated by a single verb. Alternate translation: "they will tremble with fear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hendiadys]])
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# fear
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Another possible meaning is "awe."
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# because of all the good things and the peace that I will give to it
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The abstract noun "peace" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "because of all the good things that I will give to it and because I will cause it to be peaceful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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