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# I have set my face against this city
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This idiom means he "firmly decided." Alternate translation: "I have made up my mind to oppose this city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# have set my face against
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"am staring angrily at"
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/08.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]])
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# It has been given
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I have given it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# into the hand of the king
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Here "hand" represents the power of the king to destroy the city. Alternate translation: "into the power of the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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