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# General Information:
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Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. He continues to quote Yahweh's words. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# Outside the sword will bereave
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Here "sword" represents the army of the enemy. Alternate translation: "When the Israelites are outside, the enemy army will kill them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# terror will do so
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Yahweh speaks of being afraid as if it were a person who comes into a house and kills those who live in it. Alternate translation: "you will die because you are afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# young man and virgin, the nursing baby, and the man of gray hairs
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These terms describing people of different ages are combined to mean that all kinds of people will die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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