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## What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land? ##
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AT: "I do not want frankincense from Sheba or the good smelling oil from a land far away." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## these sweet smells ##
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This sweet smells were used to worship God at the temple.
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## are not acceptable to me ##
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"do not please me" or "do not make me happy"
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## See ##
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The word “See” here adds emphasis to what follows. AT: “Indeed”
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## I am about to place a stumbling block against this people ##
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"I am about to put obstacles in front of this people." Yahweh describes the difficulties that he will give to the people of Israel as "stumbling blocks." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## stumbling blocks ##
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difficulties
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## over it ##
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"over them"
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## fathers and sons together ##
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AT: "fathers and sons with both stumble." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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## Inhabitants and their neighbors ##
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"Neighbors and their friends"
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## been stirred up to come from a distant land ##
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"has become active in order to come from places far to the north"
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