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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking.
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# they wail on their beds
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It was usual for idol worshipers to eat ceremonial meals while reclining on couches or beds.
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# They gather together
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Some modern translations read, "they slash themselves" to make themselves bleed.
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# they turn away from me
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Here no longer worshiping God is spoken of as turning away from him. Alternate translation: "they no longer worship me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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