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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh is speaking to Hosea about what he will do to Israel.
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# On that day
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This phrase is used to talk about a future restoration between Israel and Yahweh.
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# I will make a covenant for them
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Yahweh's new covenant will include peace for the animals.
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# I will drive away the bow, the sword, and the battle from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety
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Yahweh will keep Israel's enemies away from them, there will be no more war, the people will be safe. Here "the bow, the sword, and the battle" represent war. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# lie down in safety
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This expression refers to living in safety. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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