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-# Connecting Statement:
+# cut off the man ... who holds the scepter
 
-Yahweh continues his message of judgment on Gaza.
-
-# cut off the man
-
-Here to "cut off" means either to destroy or to drive away, as one would cut a piece of cloth or cut a branch from a tree. Alternate translation: "destroy the man" or "drive away the man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
-
-# the man who holds the scepter
-
-This is a metonym for the ruler of that city or region. Alternate translation: "the ruler" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+See how you translated these phrases in verse 5.
 
 # I will turn my hand against Ekron
 
-Here "hand" represents Yahweh's power that he would use against Ekron. Alternate translation: "I will strike Ekron" or "I will destroy Ekron" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"I will strike Ekron" or "I will destroy Ekron"
 
 # Ekron
 
-Here "Ekron" represents the people of the city of Ekron. Alternate translation: "the people of Ekron" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Edron was a city.