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## For the people of Israel will live for many days ##
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This is a word picture showing that just as Hosea had to live for quite a bit of time without his adulterous wife, Israel would live for a lengthy period of time ("many days") without their own king and religious worship. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## David their king ##
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David is symbolic of the lineage of David; in other words, they would seek a descendant of David as their king (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## in the last days ##
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in the future (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## they will come trembling before Yahweh and his goodness - ##
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** AT: "They will come back to Yahweh with an attitude of awe, and will seek his blessings."
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