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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking about what will happen to Damascus.
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# its
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The word "its" refers to Damascus and its people.
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# its young men will fall in its plazas
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They young men being killed is spoken of as if they will fall. Alternate translation: "enemies will kill the young men of Damascus in its plazas" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how similar words are translated in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/08.md). Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh of hosts has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh of hosts, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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