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# For in ancient days I broke your yoke; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said, 'I will not serve!'
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Here "broke your yoke" and "tore your fetters off you" are metaphors for setting them free from slavery. The people of Israel had been slaves in Egypt. Alternate translation: "Long ago I released you from slavery, but still you refused to worship me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# fetters
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chains used to restrain a person or an animal
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# On every high hill and beneath every leafy tree you lay down as a prostitute
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Here "prostitute" translates a word that can also refer to a woman who commits adultery or fornication. It is a metaphor for someone who is unfaithful to God. To "lie down as a prostitute" is a metaphor for bowing down to the idols that people worshiped "on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree." Alternate translation: "On every high hill and beneath every leafy tree you worshiped idols instead of me, like an adulterous wife who is unfaithful to her husband" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# beneath
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under
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