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# General Information:
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Malachi continues to speak to his fellow Israelites.
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# You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears
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This sarcastically exaggerates the amount of tears the people cry to show that Yahweh knows that the people do not really feel sad. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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# with weeping and sighing
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The words "weeping" and "sighing" share similar meanings and intensify the idea of weeping. Alternate translation: "with great weeping" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# does not turn toward the offering
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Here turning toward a gift stands for receiving it and showing favor to the giver. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# does not turn toward the offering
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This implies that those who are weeping at Yahweh's altar have offered sacrifices to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# from your hand
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Here "hand" stands for the person giving the offering. Alternate translation: "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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