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# General Information:
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Hosea is speaking about Israel.
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# and a king—what could he do for us?
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The people wills say that their kings could not have helped them. AT: "Even if we had a king now, he could not help us." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# They speak empty words
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Here "empty words" refers to lies. AT: "They speak lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# So justice springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field
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What they people called justice in their laws and legal decisions is spoken of as if it were a plant sprouting up. AT: "So their decisions are not just; instead, they are harmful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field
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Their lies and injustice spread throughout their nation and harm everyone like poisonous plants. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice]] |