## Why are you doing great wickedness against yourselves? Why are you causing yourselves to be cut off from among Judah—men and women, children and babies? ##

Yahweh uses these questions to express to the people of Israel that they should stop doing things that cause them to be punished. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## the deeds of your hands ##

The people are referred to by the part of the body used to lit incense. AT: "what you have done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## you will be destroyed ##

AT: "cause me to destroy you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])