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Yahweh is speaking.
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## but it was only so they might be cut off ##
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This was the result, not the purpose. AT: "but as a result of making idols, the people will be cut off"
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## they might be cut off ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "they will perish" or 2) "they will be sent away." This can be expressed with an active verb: I will cut them off" or "I will send them away"
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## He has rejected your calf ##
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It appears that the Hosea is saying this. This can be made clear as it is in the UDB. Or it can be translated as if God is still speaking. AT: "I have rejected your calf" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## your calf ##
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It can be made clear that this was an idol. AT "your idol that you made to look like a calf" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## My anger burns against them ##
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AT: "I am very angry with them"
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## For how long will they stay impure? ##
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Yahweh uses this question to express his anger about his people being impure. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) |