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# this people
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"the people of Jerusalem"
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# I am about to place before you the way of life and the way of death
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Yahweh is offering the people of Jerusalem a choice that will determine whether they live or die.
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# by the sword, famine, and plague
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Death by the sword refers to death in battle. AT: "in battle and by famine and plague" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# falling on his knees before
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This symbolic act represents surrender. AT: "surrendering to" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# closed in against you
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"attacked you from all sides"
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# He will escape with his life
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The one who surrenders to the Babylonians will escape with his life, even though he will lose all his possessions.
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# I have set my face against this city
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This idiom means he "firmly decided." AT: "I have made up my mind to oppose this city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# have set my face against
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"am staring angrily at"
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# It has been given
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "I have given it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# into the hand of the king
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Here "hand" represents the power of the king to destroy the city. AT: "into the power of the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/face]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]] |