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# For I broke your yoke that you had in ancient days; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said, 'I will not serve!'
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Here "broke your yoke" and "tore your fetters off you" are metaphors for setting them free from slavery. The people of Israel had been slaves in Egypt. Alternate translation: "Long ago I released you from slavery, but still you refused to worship me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# fetters
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chains used to restrain a person or an animal
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# since you bowed down on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree, you adulterer
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What they bowed down to can be stated clearly. Here "adulterer" is a metaphor for someone who is unfaithful to God. Alternate translation: "You bowed down to idols and worshiped them instead of me, like an adulterous wife who is unfaithful to her husband" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# beneath
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below
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