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# Oh, if only
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This expresses great desire.
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# so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain
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Here "light fires on my altar" stands for offering sacrifices on Yahweh's altar. Alternate translation: "so that you might not make fires to burn offerings that I will not accept" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# from your hand
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Here "your hand" stands for "you." Alternate translation: "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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