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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to describe the evil things that the people of Judah had done.
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# General Information:
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The words "they" and "their" in these verses refer to the people of Judah.
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# the high place of Topheth
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This is the name of a place where the people of Israel sacrificed their children to a false god by burning them with fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the Valley of Ben Hinnom
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This is the name of a valley south of the city of Jerusalem, where people sacrificed to false gods. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# in fire
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The implied information is that they were burned as sacrifices to a false god. AT: "as sacrifices" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# nor did it enter my mind
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Here the word "mind" refers to Yahweh's thoughts. AT: "nor did I ever think about it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# So see
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The word "see" here adds emphasis to what follows. AT: "Indeed"
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# days are coming ... when it
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Future time is spoken of as if the "days are coming." AT: "in the future ... it" or "there will be a time ... when it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# this is 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 [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# it will no longer be called
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "people will no longer call it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# they will bury bodies
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"they will bury dead people"
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# no room left
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"no place remaining" |