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# to pour out blood
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This speaks of murdering people as pouring out blood. Alternate translation: "to murder people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# interest
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This word refers to the money paid by a person to use borrowed money. However, some modern versions interpret "interest" in this passage as "too much interest."
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# you have damaged your neighbors through oppression
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This means that they have oppressed their neighbors by charging them too much interest. Alternate translation: "you have oppressed your neighbors and made them poor" or "you have made your neighbors poor by charging too much interest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# you have forgotten me
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Refusing to obey Yahweh is like forgetting that he exists. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:11](../05/11.md). Alternate translation: "this is what the Lord Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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