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# General Information:
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Ezekiel reports a message that God gives him.
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# The word of Yahweh came
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This is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:16](../03/16.md). AT: "Yahweh spoke this message" or "Yahweh spoke these words" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Son of man
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"Son of a human being" or "Son of humanity." God calls Ezekiel this to emphasize that Ezekiel is only a human being. God is eternal and powerful, but humans are not. AT: "Mortal person" or "Human"
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# present a riddle and speak a parable
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"give them a puzzle to think about" or "tell this story as an illustration"
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# the house of Israel
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The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/16.md). AT: "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# long pinions, full of feathers
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"the ends of its wings were long and full of feathers." The word "pinion" means the outer end of the wings.
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# that was multicolored
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The eagle's feathers were many different colors.
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# It broke off the tips of the branches
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"It broke off the highest part of the tree"
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# took them
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"took the top of the tree" or "took the branches"
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# he planted it in a city of merchants
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"he planted it in a city that had many merchants." A merchant is a person who sells things.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofman]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/parable]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordyahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lebanon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cedar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/canaan]] |