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# do your eyes not look for faithfulness?
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Jeremiah uses this question to emphasize that what Yahweh really wants is faithfulness. Wanting people to be faithful is spoken of as looking for faithfulness. Alternate translation: "you look for faithfulness." or "you want people to be faithful." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# You struck the people, but they do not feel pain.
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God punished his people in various ways. Here it is spoken of as if he hit them. Alternate translation: "You punish the people, but they do not pay attention" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# they still refuse to receive discipline
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Here "to receive discipline" represents learning from discipline to do what is right. Alternate translation: "they still refuse to learn their lesson" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# They make their faces harder than rock
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Hard faces represents the expression on their faces that shows that they are stubborn. The simile "harder than rock" shows that the people are extremely stubborn. Alternate translation: "They are extremely stubborn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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