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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Yahweh is speaking to Hosea about what he will do to Israel.
-
 # On that day
 
 This phrase is used to talk about a future restoration between Israel and Yahweh.
@@ -12,9 +8,8 @@ Yahweh's new covenant will include peace for the animals.
 
 # I will drive away the bow, the sword, and the battle from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety
 
-Yahweh will keep Israel's enemies away from them, there will be no more war, the people will be safe. Here "the bow, the sword, and the battle" represent war. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Yahweh will keep Israel's enemies away from them, there will be no more war, the people will be safe. Here "the bow, the sword, and the battle" represent war. 
 
 # lie down in safety
 
-This expression refers to living in safety. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
-
+This expression refers to living in safety.