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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to describe the sword of Yahweh which is a metaphor for the enemy army that Yahweh will use to attack Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# hit your two hands together
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This means for him to clap his hands as a sign of his grief. Alternate translation: "clap your hands to show that you are very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# even a third time
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This is an idiom that means multiple times. Alternate translation: "again and again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# A sword for the ones to be slaughtered
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "It is a sword for slaughtering people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "It is a sword for slaughtering many people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# piercing them everywhere
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"attacking them from every side." Some Bibles translate this as "which enters into their rooms." This means no matter where they hide, the sword will kill them.
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# piercing them
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The word "them" refers to the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel.
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