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# Behold
The word "Behold" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
# house of Israel
The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/01.md). Alternate translation: "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# The vision that he sees is for a time many days from now, and he prophesies of far off times
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These phrases are both ways the people of Israel are saying Ezekiel's warnings will not happen in their lifetime but will happen far in the future. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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