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# General Information:
Here "I" refers to God, who spoke through the words of his prophet.
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# I will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down ... its ruins again
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This speaks of God's again choosing one of David's descendants to rule over his people as though he were setting up a tent again after it fell down. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# tabernacle
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Here the word "tabernacle," a dwelling place, stands for David's family. The same word is used for the tent that Yahweh told Moses to construct. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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