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# For they also built
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The word "they" here refers to the people of Judah.
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# built for themselves
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The words "for themselves" are a metonym for what they will do with the high places. AT: "built for their own use" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]])
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# on every high hill and under every green tree
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This is likely to be an exaggeration that indicates there were many places like these for false worship all over the country. AT: "on the high hills and under the green trees" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# cultic prostitutes
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"religious prostitutes" or "male prostitutes." This probably refers to male prostitutes who were associated with idol worship.
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# the same despicable practices as the nations that
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Here the word "nations" represents the people in those nations. AT: "the same disgusting things that the people did, whom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/highplaces]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pillar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/asherim]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prostitute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/castout]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]] |