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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking.
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# they wail on their beds
It was usual for idol worshipers to eat ceremonial meals while reclining on couches or beds.
# they turn away from me
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Here no longer worshiping God is spoken of as turning away from him. AT: "they no longer worship me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Though I trained them and strengthened their arms
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This may be a military metaphor, in which God training the Israelites to love him and obey him is spoken of as if he had been training their men for war. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])