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Yahweh continues speaking.
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## See ##
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"listen" or "pay attention"
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## to bring them ##
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Here "them" refers to the Israelite people.
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## I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim will be my firstborn ##
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Here "Ephraim" is another name for "Israel." AT: "I will be like a father to the people of Israel, and they will be like my firstborn child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## my firstborn ##
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The first born had special honor and responsibility.
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