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# What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?
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The people ask this question among themselves in order to make a statement. Alternate translation: "It is useless that we have kept his requirements and walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts
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Here "walk mournfully" stands for "behave in a sorrowful manner," probably in order to indicate sorrow over their sins. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# before Yahweh of hosts
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Here this expression refers to God being aware of what the people were doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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