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# For they also built
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The word "they" here refers to the people of Judah.
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# built for themselves
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The words "for themselves" are a metonym for what they will do with the high places. AT: "built for their own use" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]])
# on every high hill and under every green tree
This is likely to be an exaggeration that indicates there were many places like these for false worship all over the country. AT: "on the high hills and under the green trees" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
# cultic prostitutes
"religious prostitutes" or "male prostitutes." This probably refers to male prostitutes who were associated with idol worship.
# the same despicable practices as the nations that
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Here the word "nations" represents the people in those nations. AT: "the same disgusting things that the people did, whom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/highplaces]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pillar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/asherim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prostitute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/castout]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/israel]]