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Yahweh is speaking.
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## Ephraim's iniquity has been stored up; his guilt has been stored up ##
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These two phrases are very similar and mean nearly the same thing. (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## Pains of childbirth will come on him, but he is an unwise son, for when it is time to be born, he does not come out of the womb. ##
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This illustration is used here by Yahweh to represent what is going to happen to Ephraim (Israel) because of their great wickedness. (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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