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## Stand at the road crossing ##
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Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.
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## Stand at the road crossing…We will not go ##
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The paths and roads refer to the way that people live their lives. Yahweh wants the people of Israel to ask what would be a good way to live their lives and for them to live that way. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## ask for the ancient pathways ##
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"ask about what your ancestors did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## and find a resting place for your soul ##
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"and you will find rest for yourselves"
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## I appointed for you watchmen …will not listen ##
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Yahweh describes the prophets as watchmen who were sent to warn the people of danger. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## appointed for you ##
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The word "you" refers to the people of Israel.
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## to listen for the trumpet ##
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"listen to the sound of the trumpet." Yahweh is commanding the people of Israel to pay attention to the warning that he gave them through the prophets.
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## Therefore, nations, listen! See, you witnesses, what will happen to them. Hear, earth! See ##
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These three sentences all are telling the people of other nations to witness what Yahweh will do to the rebellious people of Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]]) "You other nations see what I will do to my people"
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## I am about to bring disaster to this people ##
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"soon I will punish these people severely"
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## you witnesses ##
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"you who are witnesses"
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## will happen to them ##
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The word "them" refers to the people of Israel.
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## Hear, earth ##
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AT: "Hear, people that live on the earth." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## the fruit of their thoughts ##
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Yahweh uses the word "fruit" as a way of referring to the result of their thoughts. AT: "the disaster is the consequence of their thoughts."
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## They paid no attention to my word or law, but they instead rejected it ##
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"They did not obey what I told them to do." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) |