# I have seen this people

Here Yahweh compares knowing the people to seeing them. Alternate translation: "I know this people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# a stiff-necked people

Yahweh speaks of the people being stubborn as if they had stiff necks. Alternate translation: "a stubborn people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])