# Oh, if only

This expresses great desire.

# so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain

Here "light fires on my altar" stands for offering sacrifices on Yahweh's altar. Alternate translation: "so that you might not make fires to burn offerings that I will not accept" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# from your hand

Here "your hand" stands for "you." Alternate translation: "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])