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# by my great strength and my raised arm
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The phrase "raised arm" refers to great power and intensifies the first phrase. AT: "by my very great power" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# I give it to anyone who is right in my eyes
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Another possible meaning is "I give it to anyone I want to."
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# I ... am giving all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar ... servant
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The hand is a metonym for the power that the hand exercises, and the word "lands" is a metonym for the people who live in those lands. AT: "I ... am putting the people who live in all these lands under the power of Nebuchadnezzar ... servant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])