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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to speak of Israel and Judah being unfaithful to him as if they were two sisters who were unfaithful wives.
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# bill of divorce
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Something that a man writes to certify that he has divorced his wife.
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# Her prostitution was nothing to her
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Here prostitution being "nothing" represents Judah not caring about it. AT: "She did not care about her prostitution" or "She was not ashamed of her prostitution"
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# she defiled the land
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Here "defiled" represents making the land unacceptable to God. They did this by sinning against him there when they worshiped idols. AT: "she made my land no good" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# she committed adultery with stones and trees
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Here "stones" and "trees" represent the stone and wood material that was used to create idols. The people's idol worship is spoken of as if they were committing adultery. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/adultery]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/divorce]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prostitute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/defile]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]] |