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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking to Ezekiel about the people who were living in the ruins of Israel.
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# You eat blood
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It is implied that they eat blood by eating meat that still has blood in it. Yahweh had commanded them to drain out the blood. Alternate translation: "You eat meat with blood in it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# you lift up your eyes towards your idols
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"you look to your idols" This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "you worship your idols" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# you pour out people's blood
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Here "blood" represents a person's life. To pour out blood is an idiom that means to murder. Alternate translation: "you murder people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Should you really possess the land?
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Yahweh used this question to rebuke the people. Alternate translation: "You should not possess this land!" or "You do not deserve this land!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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