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# When the skies are shut up and there is no rain
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The sky is spoken of as if it were a building in which God stores the rain, and when God does not want it to rain he closes the door to the building. AT: "When you do not allow rain to fall from the skies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# confess your name
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Possible meanings are 1) "confess that they have sinned against you" or 2) "praise you" or 3) "say that they will obey you from now on."
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# turn from their sin
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Here "turn from" is a metaphor for stopping doing it. AT: "stop committing their sins" or "stop acting sinfully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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