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# General Information:
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These verses begin a new section in the book. Here Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.
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# Your words against me have been strong
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Here "strong" stands for "harsh" or "terrible." And "Your words" stands for "What you have said." AT: "What you have said about me is terrible" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# What have we said among ourselves against you?
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The people ask this question in order to claim that they have said nothing against God. This can be expressed as a statement. AT: "We have not said anything among ourselves against you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?
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The people ask this question among themselves in order to make a statement. AT: "It is useless that we have kept his requirements and walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts
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Here "walk mournfully" stands for "behave in a sorrowful manner," probably in order to indicate sorrow over their sins. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# before Yahweh of hosts
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Here this expression refers to God being aware of what the people were doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# we call the arrogant blessed
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Here to be called "blessed" stands for being blessed. AT: "we say that the arrogant are blessed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# we call the arrogant blessed
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This may be stated in active form. AT: "we say that the arrogant are well off" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# escape
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That is, "they escape God's punishment." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/profit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/arrogant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/evildoer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/tempt]] |