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 # as I live
 
-"as surely as I am alive." Yahweh uses this expression to show that what he says next is certainly true. This is a way of making a solemn promise. Alternate translation: "I solemnly swear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"I solemnly swear"
 
 # this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel
 
-Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
+"this is what I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, have declared". Yahweh speaks of himself to express the certainty of what he is declaring.
 
 # like Sodom ... like Gomorrah
 
-These two cities were so wicked that God completely destroyed them with fire from heaven. These similes therefore refer to complete destruction. This can be stated explicitly. Alternate translation: "completely destroyed like Sodom ... like Gomorrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
+"completely destroyed like Sodom ... like Gomorrah". These two cities were so wicked that God completely destroyed them with fire from heaven.
 
 # a place of nettles and a salt pit
 
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ These two cities were so wicked that God completely destroyed them with fire fro
 
 # the remnant of my people ... the remainder of my nation
 
-These two phrases mean the same thing and refer to the Israelites that survived Yahweh's punishment. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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+These two phrases refer to the Israelites that survived Yahweh's punishment.
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