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# he will bring down those who live in the high place
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Yahweh humiliating those who are proud is spoken of as if proud people were up high and he would cause them to come down low. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# in the high place, the lofty city. He will abase it.
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Another possible translation is, "in the high place. The lofty city he will abase."
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# the lofty city
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This means fortified cities in general not a specific city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
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# He will abase ... he will cause it to fall
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Yahweh causing an army to destroy fortified cities is spoken of as if Yahweh would do it himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# abase
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