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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Yahweh continues to give Ezekiel a message about what will happen to Israel.
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-# the house of Israel
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-The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/01.md). Alternate translation: "the Israelites" or "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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 # because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me
 
-The abstract noun "iniquity" can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "because they sinned and betrayed me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+"because they sinned and betrayed me"
 
 # I hid my face from them
 
-Here "face" refers to Yahweh's help and protection. Alternate translation: "I stopped protecting them and taking care of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"I stopped protecting them and taking care of them"
 
 # gave them into the hand of their adversaries
 
-Here the metonym "hand" refers to power. Alternate translation: "gave their enemies power over them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"gave their enemies power over them"
 
 # all of them fell by the sword
 
-Here falling represents being killed, and the sword represents battle. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 32:23](../32/23.md). Alternate translation: "their enemies killed them all in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+"their enemies killed them all in battle". See Ezekiel 32:23.
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