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# Your calf has been rejected
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Possible meanings are 1) this is the prophet speaking. AT: "Yahweh has rejected your calf" or 2) Yahweh is speaking. AT: "I myself have rejected your calf" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# Your calf
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The people worshiped an idol that looked like a calf, so Yahweh is speaking of their worship as if it were the calf itself. AT: "Because you worship your calf idol, your worship" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# My anger is burning against these people
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Anger is often spoken of as if it were a fire. AT: "I am very angry with these people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# For how long will they stay guilty?
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Yahweh asks this question to express his anger about his people being impure. "I am angry with these people because they have no desire to be innocent." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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