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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking about how he will bring the Israelite people back from being captives in Babylon.
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# Hear ... Report
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Yahweh is speaking to the nations, so these verbs are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
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# The one who scattered Israel is gathering her up and keeping her
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Yahweh speaks of himself as if he were someone else, and he speaks of the people of Israel as if they were a helpless woman. Alternate translation: "I caused my people Israel to be scattered among the nations, but now I am bringing them home and keeping them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# as a shepherd keeps his sheep
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A shepherd cares for and protects his sheep, and Yahweh is promising to care for and protect the Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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