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# see, I will gather you to your ancestors. You will be gathered to your grave in peace
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Both statements mean basically the same thing. They are polite ways of saying he will die. Alternate translation: "so I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# You will be gathered to your grave
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I will gather you to your grave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# your eyes will not see
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Here "eyes" represents the whole person. Also, the phrase "will not see" represents not experiencing something. Alternate translation: "you will not experience" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# the disaster I will bring on this place
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Yahweh causing terrible things to happen is spoken of as if disaster were an object that Yahweh would bring to a place. Alternate translation: "the terrible things I will cause to happen to this place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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