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# I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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Causing the people to be compassionate and to plead is spoken of as if the spirit were a liquid that Yahweh would pour on them. Alternate translation: "I will cause the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to have mercy on others and to pray to me for mercy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a spirit of compassion and pleading
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Here this means to have a characteristic of compassion and pleading.
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# the house of David
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Here "house" represents descendants. Alternate translation: "the descendants of David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the one they have pierced
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"the one whom they stabbed to death"
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# for an only son
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It is understood that the "son" has died. Alternate translation: "for an only son who has died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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