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17 lines
801 B
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Yahweh is talking about Israel.
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## I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me. ##
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Yahweh knows that Ephraim (Israel) is idolatrous. There is no way that they can worship idols without Yahweh knowing what they are doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## Ephraim, now you have become like a prostitute ##
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Ephraim are being compared to a prostitute since she is so unfaithful to God (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## for the spirit of adultery is in them ##
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the people of Israel are so inbred with their idolatrous practices they are not like the people of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## and they do not know me, Yahweh ##
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Israel no longer listens to or follows Yahweh in any way. They do not acknowledge him as their God. |