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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to speak about the people of Judah.
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# See
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Yahweh uses this word here to draw Jeremiah's attention to what he says next. Alternate translation: "Listen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# to refine them
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Yahweh speaks of testing the people and dealing with their evil ways, as if they were metal that he were melting in a crucible to remove its impurities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# for what else can I do, because of what my people have done?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to state that this is how he needs to deal with his people because of what they have done. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "for this is how I must deal with my people because of what they have done." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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