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# I will cut off man from the surface of the earth
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"I will kill all people." This is a hyperbole, as in [Zephaniah 1:2](./02.md).
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# men and animals
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"people and animals"
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# the ruins
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Possible meanings are 1) the piles of rubble that will remain after the judgment or 2) the idols that Yahweh destroyed.
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# cut off
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Destroying is spoken of as if it were cutting something off from what it was a part of. Alternate translation: "destroy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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