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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel and Jeremiah.
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# in those days
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The phrase "those days" refers to the time when a distant nation will come and attack the people of Israel.
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# do not intend to destroy
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"will not destroy"
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# done all these things to us
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The phrase "these things" refers to sending armies to attack them. AT: "done all these things to harm us" or "sent foreign armies to attack us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Just as you ... served foreign gods in your land, so you must also serve strangers
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Here "served foreign gods" represents worshiping foreign gods. God would punish them for serving foreign gods by making them serve foreign people. AT: "Because you ... worshiped foreign gods in your land, you will have to serve foreigners" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])