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# Suppose that I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain
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Here "heavens" refers to the sky, and is spoken of as if it were a building in which God stores the rain. See how you translated a similar phrase in [2 Chronicles 6:26](../06/26.md). Alternate translation: "Suppose that I do not allow the rain to fall from the skies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# devour the land
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The word "land" represents the plants and crops on the land. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# if I send plague among my people
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Here "send disease" represents causing diseases. Alternate translation: "if I cause my people to have diseases" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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