unfoldingWord_en_tn/ezk/20/23.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.

# I myself also lifted up my hand to swear

Here "lifted up my hand" is a symbolic action that shows he will truly do what he has sworn to do. AT: "I myself also solemnly swore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 12:15](../12/14.md). AT: "cause them to separate from each other and live in different nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# Their eyes were longing after their fathers' idols

Here the word "eyes" represents the person who looks to the idols to worship them. AT: "They were longing after their fathers' idols" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/disperse]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I myself also lifted up my hand to swear`

			`Here "lifted up my hand" is a symbolic action that shows he will truly do what he has sworn to do. AT: "I myself also solemnly swore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])`

			`# scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These two phrases mean basically the same thing. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 12:15](../12/14.md). AT: "cause them to separate from each other and live in different nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Their eyes were longing after their fathers' idols`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here the word "eyes" represents the person who looks to the idols to worship them. AT: "They were longing after their fathers' idols" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/disperse]]`