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450 B
Markdown
13 lines
450 B
Markdown
God is speaking of caring for Israel like a parent for a child.
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## When Israel was a young man ##
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Yahweh is comparing the nation of Israel to a young man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## and I called my son out of Egypt ##
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Yahweh is again comparing Israel to his son. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## The more they were called, the more they turned away ##
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Yahweh was calling the nation back to himself. |