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# General Information:
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Verses 1:2-18 refer to Yahweh's judgment. Verses 1:4-16 describe Yahweh's judgment on the people of Judah.
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# It will come about at that time
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This phrase is used to mark the time when Jerusalem has been destroyed by the enemies.
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# I will search Jerusalem with lamps
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Yahweh speaks of knowing about all people of Jerusalem as if he had searched for them with lamps. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# settled into their wine
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They feel safe from trouble. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# say in their heart, 'Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.'
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This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "say in their heart that Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.
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# say in their heart
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This idiom means they think to themselves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil
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Here "good and evil" is a merism that includes everything in between. Alternate translation: "Yahweh will not do anything at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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