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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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# Lift up your eyes to the sky
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Lifting the eyes represents looking at something above. Alternate translation: "Look up at the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# like smoke ... like a garment ... like flies
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All of these refer to things that quickly and easily disappear or become useless. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# my salvation will continue forever
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God's "salvation" here represents the result of his salvation, which is freedom. Alternate translation: "I will save you, you will be free forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# my righteousness will never stop working
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God's "righteousness" here represents him ruling righteously. Alternate translation: "my righteous rule will never end" or "I will rule righteously forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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