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# Those who are for
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"Those whom I have appointed to go to"
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# should go to death
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This speaks of dying as if death were a place that people can go to. Alternate translation: "should die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# those who are for the sword should go to the sword
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Here the "sword" represents war. To be "for the sword" means that God has appointed them to die in war. Alternate translation: "those whom I have appointed to die in war should go to die in war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# Those who are for famine should go to famine
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This means that Yahweh has appointed these to die because of famine, and these words speak of dying by famine as if "famine" were a place that people can go to. Alternate translation: "Those whom I have appointed to die by famine should go and die by famine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# should go to captivity
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"should go into captivity"
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