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 # be on guard about taking the things
 
-Being careful is spoken of as if they are to guard themselves. "Be careful that you do not take the things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"Be careful that you do not take the things"
 
 # you will bring trouble on it
 
-Doing something that makes bad things to happen to the city is spoken of as bringing trouble on it. Alternate translation: "you will cause bad things to happen to it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"you will cause bad things to happen to it"