# General Information: Yahweh continues to speak to the Israelites. # I will break the yoke off your neck, and I will shatter your chains Being a slave is spoken of as wearing a yoke like an animal and wearing chains like a prisoner. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # they will worship Yahweh their God ... their king ... over them Yahweh continues speaking about the descendants of Jacob. AT: "you will worship Yahweh your God ... your king ... over you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]]) # David their king This is a metonym for one of David's descendants. AT: "a man descended from their King David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])