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Zerubbabel ... Shealtiel ... Joshua ... Jozadak ... Haggai
See how you translated these men's names in Haggai 1:1. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
obeyed the voice of Yahweh ... the words of Haggai
The voice and the words are metonyms for the persons. Alternate translation: "obeyed Yahweh and Haggai" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
the people feared the face of Yahweh
Possible meanings are 1) the face could be a synecdoche for the person. Alternate translation: "the people feared Yahweh" or 2) the face could be a metonym for the person's presence. Alternate translation: "the people were afraid to be in Yahweh's presence" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)