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# General Information:
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This is the end of the message from Yahweh to King Josiah through the prophetess Huldah.
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# See, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace
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Both statements mean basically the same thing. They are polite ways of saying he will die. Alternate translation: "So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# Your eyes will not see
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Here "will not see" represents not experiencing something. Alternate translation: "You will not experience" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# Your eyes
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Here "eyes" represents the whole person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# the disaster that I will bring upon this place
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Yahweh causing terrible things to happen is spoken of as if disaster were an object that Yahweh would bring to a place. Alternate translation: "the terrible things I will cause to happen in this place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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