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# it will again be destroyed
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "armies will again destroy the land of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# as a terebinth or an oak is cut down and whose trunk remains, the holy seed is in its stump
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This simile means that even after Yahweh destroys Israel, he will still set apart people from among the Israelites to serve him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# terebinth
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a kind of oak tree (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
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# trunk ... stump
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A trunk is the thick main stem of a tree. A stump is the part of a tree that remains in the ground after the tree is cut down.
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# the holy seed
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The people who will serve Yahweh after armies destroy Israel are spoken of as if they were set apart as a holy seed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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