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# The ox knows ... does not understand
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Words that Yahweh spoke and which Isaiah is speaking to the Israelites for Yahweh.
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# the donkey his master's feeding trough
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You can make clear the understood information. Alternate translation: "the donkey knows his master's feeding trough" or "the donkey knows where his master gives him food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# but Israel does not know, Israel does not understand
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This probably means "but the people of Israel do not know me, they do not understand that I am the one who cares for them."
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# Israel
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This is a metonym for the people of Israel. Judah is part of what had been the nation of Israel. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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