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# the house of Israel
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Here "house" represents the people. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I will shake the house of Israel ... as one shakes grain in a sieve, so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground
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The picture here is of grain falling through the sieve and stones being kept out. The idea is that Yahweh will remove all of the sinful people from Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
# sieve
a surface with many small holes that allow small things to pass through and keep larger things from passing through