en_tn/jer/26/19.md

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Did Hezekiah ... put him to death?

The speakers are trying to get the hearers to agree with what they are saying. Alternate translation: "You know very well that Hezekiah ... did not put him to death." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

all of Judah

The land is a metonym for the people who live there. Alternate translation: "all the people of Judah" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Did he not fear Yahweh and appease the face of Yahweh ... them?

The speakers are trying to get the hearers to agree with what they are saying. Alternate translation: "You know very well that he feared Yahweh and appeased the face of Yahweh so that Yahweh ... them."

appease the face of Yahweh

The face is a synecdoche for the whole person. Alternate translation: "cause Yahweh to be less angry" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

So will we do greater evil against our own lives?

The speakers are trying to get the hearers to agree with what they are saying. The word "lives" is a metonym for the people. Alternate translation: "If we kill Jeremiah, we will do greater evil against our own lives." or "We do not want to do worse things to ourselves." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)