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this people
AT: "the people of Jerusalem"
I am about to place you the way of life and the way of death
Yahweh is offering the people of Jerusalem a choice that will determine whether they live or die.
falling on his knees before
AT: "surrendering to"
closed in against
AT: "attacked from all sides"
I have set my face against
AT: "I have determined to oppose" or "I have turned against"
He will have his own life as his plunder
The one who surrenders to the Babylonians will escape with his life, even though he will lose all his possessions.
this is Yahweh’s declaration
See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:7.