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# The word of Yahweh came to me again

The phrase "the word of Yahweh came" is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 18:1](../18/01.md). AT: "Yahweh spoke to me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# the sword of the king of Babylon

The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. AT: "the soldiers of the king of Babylon" or "the Babylonian army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# a signpost will mark one of them as leading to a city

This is a sign posted where the road divides into two roads. AT: "a sign will be posted where the road divides into two roads" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/babylon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rabbah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ammon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The word of Yahweh came to me again`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The phrase "the word of Yahweh came" is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 18:1](../18/01.md). AT: "Yahweh spoke to me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the sword of the king of Babylon`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. AT: "the soldiers of the king of Babylon" or "the Babylonian army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a signpost will mark one of them as leading to a city`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This is a sign posted where the road divides into two roads. AT: "a sign will be posted where the road divides into two roads" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/babylon]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rabbah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ammon]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]`