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 # Hold your voice back from weeping and your eyes from tears
 
-The voice and eyes are spoken of as if they were people whom Rachel needed to keep from moving. Alternate translation: "Stop weeping aloud and stop crying tears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
+"Stop weeping aloud and stop crying tears"
 
 # Hold your voice ... your eyes ... your work ... your children
 
-Yahweh is speaking to the Israelites as if he were speaking to Rachel ([Jeremiah 31:15](../31/15.md)), so all instances of "your" and the commands are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]])
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-# this is Yahweh's declaration
-
-In both instances of this phrase, Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/08.md). Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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+Yahweh is speaking as if he were talking to Rachel (Jeremiah 31:15), so these words are singular.
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