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I will send for many fishermen ... so they will fish the people out
Yahweh speaks of enemy armies who will attack and kill the people as if they were fishermen who are catching fish. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among
Yahweh speaks of enemy armies who will attack and kill the people as if they were hunters who are hunting animals. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
my eye is on all their ways
Here the word "eye" represents Yahweh who sees all that they do. AT: "I am watching everything they do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
they cannot be hidden from before me
Here the word "they" may refer either to the people or to their actions. This can be stated in active form. AT: "they cannot hide from me" or "they cannot hide their ways from me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
Their iniquity cannot be concealed from before my eyes
Here the word "eyes" represents Yahweh who sees. This can be stated in active form. AT: "They cannot conceal their iniquity from me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
for their polluting of my land
Yahweh speaks of causing the land to be unacceptable to him as if the people had polluted the land. The words "their polluting" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "because they have polluted my land" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols
The idiom "to fill" means that they have placed many idols in the land. The words "their filling" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "because they have filled my inheritance with their disgusting idols" or "because their disgusting idols are everywhere in my inheritance" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
my inheritance
Yahweh speaks of the land as if it were his inheritance that he has claimed as a permanent possession. AT: "the land that is my inheritance" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)