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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues speaking to the new king of Israel.
the nations for your inheritance ... the farthermost regions of the earth for your possession
These phrases express very similar ideas. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
the farthermost regions of the earth
"the lands that are very far away"
You will break them with an iron rod; like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces
These phrases express very similar ideas. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
You will break them with an iron rod
Defeating the nations is spoken of as breaking them, and his power is spoken of as an iron rod. AT: "You will defeat them completely by your power" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
you will smash them to pieces
Destroying nations is spoken of as if they could be smashed like a clay jar. AT: you will completely destroy them like a clay pot" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
a jar of a potter
A potter is a person who makes clay pots and jars. These are fragile and can be broken easily. AT: "a clay jar" or "a clay pot" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)