638 B
638 B
Why are you doing great wickedness against yourselves? Why are you causing yourselves to be cut off from among Judah—men and women, children and babies?
Yahweh uses these questions to express to the people of Israel that they should stop doing things that cause them to be punished. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
the deeds of your hands
The people are referred to by the part of the body used to lit incense. AT: "what you have done" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
you will be destroyed
AT: "cause me to destroy you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)