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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues his message by telling us what the people of Judah will say at the time of their punishment.
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# General Information:
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The words "we," "us" and "our" refer to the people of Judah.
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# Why are we sitting here?
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This question is asked to motivate action. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "We should not stay here." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Come together; let us go to the fortified cities
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The "fortified cities" were cities with high walls and strong defenses. See how you translated the similar phrases in [Jeremiah 4:5](../04/04.md).
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# we will become silent there in death
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Here "become silent" means to die. AT: "let us die there" or "let us wait for our enemies to kill us there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# For Yahweh our God will silence us
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Here "silence" is a metaphor for condemning to death. AT: "because Yahweh our God has condemned us to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# He will make us drink poison
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This is an idiom for Yahweh's judgment on his people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# but there will be nothing good
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"but nothing good will happen"
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# but see
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"but understand"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/terror]] |