The people of Israel continue speaking.

## Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so we do not obey you? ##

They use a question to express their complaint to God. AT: "Yahweh, you have made us wander from your ways and become stubborn so that we do not obey you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## why do you make us wander from your ways ##

This people lament, wondering if God has misled them so they wander off the correct path. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])