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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues giving Jeremiah his message to the people of Judah.
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# General Information:
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The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to the people of Judah. "They" refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah.
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# they did not listen or pay attention
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These phrases mean about the same thing and are repeated for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# by their own stubborn plans of their wicked hearts
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"according to their own plans because they were wicked and stubborn"
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# they went backwards, not forward
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This is a metaphor. Possible meanings are 1) they refused to pay attention to Yahweh, instead of eagerly obeying him. AT: "they went away from me instead of drawing closer to me" or 2) they got worse and worse instead of improving. AT: "they got worse instead of better" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Ever since the day when your ancestors went out from the land of Egypt until this day
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This is a generalization that means over this entire period of time, not every day during this period of time. AT: "From the time your ancestors went out from the land of Egypt until now" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# I persisted in sending them
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"I sent them again and again" or "I repeatedly sent them"
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# they hardened their necks
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This is an idiom that means they were stubborn. AT: "they became stubborn" or "they resisted me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# They were more wicked
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"Each generation was more wicked"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/stiffnecked]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hard]] |