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19 lines
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## You will ##
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Here "you" refers to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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## on us ##
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Here "us" refers to Micah and the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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## you will trample our iniquities under your feet. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea ##
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This means God will completely forgive the people's sins and will no longer punish the people for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Give truth to Jacob and covenant faithfulness to Abraham ##
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Here "Jacob" and "Abraham," who are ancestors of the nation of Israel, refer to the people of Israel now. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## to our ancestors ##
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This refers to Abraham and Jacob, and maybe others who were alive when God made his covenant with Israel.
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