OET interlinear JER 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) will he return to her again?

(Some words not found in UHB: to=say if divorces (a)_man DOM his/its=wife/woman and,she_will_go from,with,him and,she_will_belong to,a_man next/another will,he_return? to=her/it again/more am=not to_be_defiled she_would_be_defiled the=earth/land (the),that and,you prostituted lovers many and,will_you_return? to=me declares_of YHWH )

God uses this question to remind the people that a man would never return to his wife if another man marries her. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “he would not return to her again.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Would that land not be greatly polluted?

(Some words not found in UHB: to=say if divorces (a)_man DOM his/its=wife/woman and,she_will_go from,with,him and,she_will_belong to,a_man next/another will,he_return? to=her/it again/more am=not to_be_defiled she_would_be_defiled the=earth/land (the),that and,you prostituted lovers many and,will_you_return? to=me declares_of YHWH )

God uses this question to remind the people that a married man would not return to his wife if she married another man, because he knows that the land would become ceremonially unclean. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “He knows that if he did, the land would be greatly polluted.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) greatly polluted

(Some words not found in UHB: to=say if divorces (a)_man DOM his/its=wife/woman and,she_will_go from,with,him and,she_will_belong to,a_man next/another will,he_return? to=her/it again/more am=not to_be_defiled she_would_be_defiled the=earth/land (the),that and,you prostituted lovers many and,will_you_return? to=me declares_of YHWH )

This is a metaphor for being terribly unacceptable to God. Alternate translation: “completely unacceptable to God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) You have lived as a prostitute who has many lovers

(Some words not found in UHB: to=say if divorces (a)_man DOM his/its=wife/woman and,she_will_go from,with,him and,she_will_belong to,a_man next/another will,he_return? to=her/it again/more am=not to_be_defiled she_would_be_defiled the=earth/land (the),that and,you prostituted lovers many and,will_you_return? to=me declares_of YHWH )

God speaks of Israel worshiping many idols as being like a woman having sex with many men. Alternate translation: “You have given your love and trust to idols the way a prostitute gives her body to men who are not her husband”