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# General Information:
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These are Yahweh's words about Egypt.
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# Heliopolis and Bubastis
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These were cities in northern Egypt. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# will fall by the sword
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The word "sword" is used here to refer to a battle or war. Alternate translation: "will die in battle" or "will die in the war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# their cities will go into captivity
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Here "cities" represents the people of the cities. The abstract noun "captivity" can be expressed with the more concrete noun "captive" or the verb "capture" Alternate translation: "the people of their cities will become captives" or "their enemies will capture their people and take them away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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