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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.
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# They did not walk in my statutes
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Yahweh speaks of obeying his statutes as if the statutes were a path along which a person walks. Alternate translation: "They did not obey my statutes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I would pour out my fury upon them
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Yahweh speaks of expressing his fury by punishing them as if his fury were a liquid that he poured out on them. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 20:8](./08.md). Alternate translation: "I would act against them in my fury" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# in order to end them
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The euphemism "to end them" refers to killing them. Alternate translation: "in order to kill them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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