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# General Information:
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Nahum tells the people of Nineveh how Yahweh will deal with them.
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# What are you people plotting against Yahweh?
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This rhetorical question emphasizes the futility of making evil plans against Yahweh. Alternate translation: "It is futile for you people to plot against Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# He will make a full end to it
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The idiom "make a full end" refers to causing something to exist no longer. Alternate translation: "He will completely stop what you do" or "He will cause your plotting to fail" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# trouble will not rise up a second time
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Possible meanings are 1) "trouble" is a metonym for the punishment that Yahweh will inflict upon the people. Alternate translation: "Yahweh will not have to punish you a second time" or 2) "trouble" refers to the trouble that the people cause by plotting against Yahweh. Alternate translation: "you will not cause trouble a second time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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