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17 lines
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Yahweh continues to speak about Jerusalem and the people of Israel as his wife.
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## But you trusted in your own beauty ##
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"thought your own beauty could provide for your needs"
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## acted like a prostitute ##
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This compares the people of Israel worshiping idols with a woman who is paid to sleep with strangers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## poured out ##
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Something given quickly in a large amount is like pouring water out of a bowl. AT: "freely gave away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## This should not have come about! It should not have been ##
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Yahweh is speaking with emotion. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) |