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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking.
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# The pride of Israel testifies against him
This describes "pride" as a person who testifies against the people of Israel in court. This means their prideful attitude and behavior show that they are guilty of no longer obeying Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# nor have they sought him
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Israel's lack of interest in Yahweh is spoken of as if he was lost and they were not trying to find him. Alternate translation: "nor have they tried to get him to pay attention to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# in spite of all this
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Here "this" refers God allowing foreigners to defeat them and make them weak.
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