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# General Information:
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Yahweh finishes speaking.
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# They will go out
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Here "they" refers to all the people, the faithful Israelites and foreigners, who come to worship Yahweh.
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# the worms ... and the fire
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Both clauses describe the same idea to emphasize Yahweh's punishment. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# the worms that eat them
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The worms represent the horror of decay and rot that are Yahweh's punishment on the wicked. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# the fire that consumes
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Fire also represents Yahweh's judgment. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# will not be quenched
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This can be expressed positively. Alternate translation: "will burn forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])
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# all flesh
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This expression represents all created living beings that shrink from the dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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