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# General Information:
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This verse continues telling about the coming attack against Jerusalem and how God will rescue the city.
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# like firepots among wood ... standing grain
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This simile means Yahweh will enable the leaders of Judah to be strong and able to lead the people to defeat their enemies. Alternate translation: "like firepots among stacked firewood ... unharvested stalks of grain standing in a field" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# firepots
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clay pots in which ancient people often carried burning coals
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# flaming torch
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a wooden stick that is burning at one end which gives light as one travels or carries fire somewhere
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# will consume all the surrounding peoples
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Completely destroying the peoples is spoken of as if the people of Judah will "devour" them. Alternate translation: "will destroy the surrounding peoples" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# on their right and on their left
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Here "right" and "left" represent every direction. Alternate translation: "in every direction" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# Jerusalem will again live in her own place
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Here "Jerusalem" represents the people who live there. Alternate translation: "The people of Jerusalem will again live in their own city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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