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## Is it a little thing for the house of Judah to do these abominations that they are doing here ##
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God uses this question to show his anger that the people of Judah do not think that worshiping idols is very bad. Alternate translation: Do the people of Judah think that their abominations are not serious?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## they have filled the land with violence ##
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"throughout the country they are doing violent things or "all over the country they are attacking one another"
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## to provoke me to anger ##
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"to make me angry"
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## holding up branches to their noses ##
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This may mean "holding up branches to their nose in false worship."
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## I will not spare them ##
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"I will still punish them."
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## Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice ##
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Alternate translation: "Though they yell their prayers to me with a loud voice" (See: Anthropomorphism)
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## I will not hear them ##
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I will not listen to them. |