Yahweh speaks of enemy armies who will attack and kill the people as if they were fishermen who are catching fish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
Yahweh speaks of enemy armies who will attack and kill the people as if they were hunters who are hunting animals. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
Here the word "eye" represents Yahweh who sees all that they do. AT: "I am watching everything they do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
Here the word "they" may refer either to the people or to their actions. This can be stated in active form. AT: "they cannot hide from me" or "they cannot hide their ways from me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Here the word "eyes" represents Yahweh who sees. This can be stated in active form. AT: "They cannot conceal their iniquity from me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Yahweh speaks of causing the land to be unacceptable to him as if the people had polluted the land. The words "their polluting" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "because they have polluted my land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
The idiom "to fill" means that they have placed many idols in the land. The words "their filling" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "because they have filled my inheritance with their disgusting idols" or "because their disgusting idols are everywhere in my inheritance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
Yahweh speaks of the land as if it were his inheritance that he has claimed as a permanent possession. AT: "the land that is my inheritance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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