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17 lines
869 B
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Yahweh is talking about Judah and Israel.
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## may Judah not become guilty ##
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God is recognizing how sinful Israel has become and doesn't want Judah to do the same thing. (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Do not go to Gilgal, you people; do not go up to Beth Aven. ##
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The people of Judah are being warned not to go to Gilgal or Beth Aven to worship idols in those two places. Gilgal was once a holy place, but now it had become a place of idol worship.
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## like a stubborn heifer ##
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Israel is compared to a young cow that kicks and has to be tied up, rather than be let free to graze in the pasture. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## How can Yahweh bring them to pasture like lambs in a meadow? ##
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When Yahweh allows Israel to be free, they turn to the worship of idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) |