From 7721d91303fdef86b3d3f3b5955a88bf9caa1559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:41:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/38/17.md --- jer/38/17.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/38/17.md b/jer/38/17.md index 0024cbbe12..6dc6d991a2 100644 --- a/jer/38/17.md +++ b/jer/38/17.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ # God of Israel -The name of the people group is metonym for the people of that group. Alternate translation: "God of the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"God of the people of Israel" # this city will not be burned -This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "the Babylonian army will not burn this city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) - +"the Babylonian army will not burn this city". If the king obeyed God and surrendered to the Babylonians, he would be allowed to live and the city would not be burned. But if he refused, he would be captured and the city burned. This took faith that Yahweh was using this ungodly, Gentile nation. \ No newline at end of file