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# walked in darkness ... lived in the land of the shadow of death
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Isaiah speaks of the people living sinful lives and suffering because of it as if they had been walking in a dark or living in a land of shadow of death. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a great light ... light has shone
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Here "light" represents hope and deliverance. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the land of the shadow of death
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The phrase "shadow of death" is an idiom that means absolute darkness. Alternate translation: "the land of deepest darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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