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# Oh, if only
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This expresses great desire.
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# so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain
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Here "light fires on my altar" stands for offering sacrifices on Yahweh's altar. AT: "so that you might not make fires to burn offerings that I will not accept" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# from your hand
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Here "your hand" stands for "you." AT: "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# from the rising of the sun to its setting
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This double expression means "everywhere." It is parallel to "among the nations" and "in every place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# my name will be great among the nations
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Here "my name" stands for Yahweh's reputation and honor. AT: "I will be honored in other nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name
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This may be expressed in active form. AT: "in these nations people will offer incense and pure offerings to me in order to worship me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# in my name
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Here "name" stands for Yahweh. AT: "to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# its fruit, its food
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Possible meanings are 1) "the meat sacrificed on the altar from animals whose other parts the priests should eat" or 2) "the meat sacrificed on the altar." |