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# Do they not know anything ... who do not call on Yahweh?
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This rhetorical question is asked to add emphasis. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "They act as if they do not know anything ... who do not call on Yahweh. But they know what they are doing!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# those who commit iniquity
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The abstract nouns "iniquity" can be stated as "evil deeds." Alternate translation: "those who do evil deeds" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# those who eat up my people
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This refers to those who do evil things and destroy God's people as if they were eating food. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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