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# Do you see what faithless Israel has done?
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God uses this question to draw Jeremiah's attention to Israel's faithlessness. It can be translated as a command or a statement. AT: "See how faithless Israel is to me." or "You see how faithless Israel is to me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# She has gone up
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The people of Israel are spoken of as if Israel were a woman. AT: "Israel's people have gone up" or "They have gone up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# every high hill and under every leafy tree
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The tops of hills and under shade trees were common places for people to worship idols. The word "every" is used as a generalization to show that the people were worshiping idols in many different places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# she has acted like a prostitute
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God speaks as of Israel worshiping idols as if she were a woman having sex with many men. AT: (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# her faithless sister Judah saw
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God speaks of Israel and Judah as if they were sisters. AT: "the people of Judah, who also did not obey me, saw" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/josiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithless]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofisrael]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/highplaces]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]] |