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# Is it a little thing for the house of Judah to do these abominations that they are doing here?
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"I am right to be angry at the house of Judah because of these abominations that they are doing here."
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# they have filled the land with violence
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"throughout the country they are doing violent things"
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# to provoke me to anger
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"to make me angry"
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# putting the branch to their noses
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Possible meanings are: the people were using the branches in false worship or the people were using the branches to show rebellion against Yahweh. The words "branch to ... noses" may be a literal tree branch and literal noses or they could be a term for a hand gesture. |