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# When the skies are shut up and there is no rain
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The sky is spoken of as if it were a building in which God stores the rain, and when God does not want it to rain he closes the door to the building. AT: "When you do not allow rain to fall from the skies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# confess your name
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Possible meanings are 1) "confess that they have sinned against you" or 2) "praise you" or 3) "say that they will obey you from now on."
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# turn from their sin
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Here "turn from" is a metaphor for stopping doing it. AT: "stop committing their sins" or "stop acting sinfully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the good way in which they should walk
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The way a person lives is spoken of as if that person were walking on a path. AT: "the good way that they should live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance
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The land is spoken of as if it were an inheritance because God wanted them to possess it forever. AT: "your land, which you have given to your people to own forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/confess]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/afflict]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/inherit]] |