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 # Now what do I have here ... seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?
 
-Yahweh uses a question to make the people pay attention to what he is about to say. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Now look at what is happening ... my people are again taken away for nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+"Now look at what is happening ... my people are again taken away for nothing." 
 
 # this is Yahweh's declaration
 
-Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. Translate as in [Isaiah 30:1](../30/01.md). Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
+"this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared"
 
 # seeing that my people are taken away for nothing
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I see the enemy taking my people away for nothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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-# for nothing
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-Possible meanings are 1) "for nothing" means the Babylonians took the people unjustly and without cause or 2) this continues the metaphor from [Isaiah 52:3](../52/03.md) where Yahweh is spoken of as if he owned the people of Israel and could give them away for nothing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"I see the enemy taking my people away for nothing"
 
 # Those who rule over them mock
 
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 # my name is blasphemed continually all day long
 
-Here "name" represents Yahweh's reputation. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "those who watch the enemy take away my people are continually saying evil things about me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"those who watch the enemy take away my people are continually saying evil things about me"