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OET (OET-LV) At_since_days fathers_your_all’s you_all_have_turned_aside from_statutes_my and_not you_all_have_kept_[them] return to_me and_return to_you_all he_says YHWH of_hosts and_say in/on/at/with_how will_we_return.
OET (OET-RV) Ever since the time when your ancestors were alive, you all have ignored my commands and refused to obey them. Now return to me—if you all do so, I’ll return to you. That’s what I, army-commander Yahweh, say. But you all ask, ‘How can we return to you?’
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְמִימֵ֨י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם סַרְתֶּ֤ם מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם
at,since,days fathers,your_all's turned_aside from,statutes,my and=not kept
Disobeying God’s statutes is spoken of as if it were turning away from them. Alternate translation: “You have disobeyed my statutes ever since the days of your ancestors”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שׁ֤וּבוּ אֵלַי֙ וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם
return to=me and,return to,you_all
Here loving each other and being faithful to each other is spoken of as if it were returning to each other. Alternate translation: “Love me and honor me, and I will always help you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
בַּמֶּ֥ה נָשֽׁוּב
in/on/at/with,how? return
The people ask this question in order to claim that they have never stopped obeying God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “We have never gone away from you, so we cannot return to you.” or “We have never gone away from you, so it makes no sense to speak of us as returning to you.”
3:7 In the context of covenant relationship, return expresses a change of loyalty on the part of Israel or God. Typically, the term is understood as repentance, a complete change of direction back to God or a total reorientation toward the Lord. The imperative verb conveys urgency and demands an immediate response from the audience. The indictment of insincere worship builds on similar charges in the second disputation (see 1:6-14), just as God’s promise to “open the windows of heaven” (3:10) affirms his power as “a great king” (see 1:14).
OET (OET-LV) At_since_days fathers_your_all’s you_all_have_turned_aside from_statutes_my and_not you_all_have_kept_[them] return to_me and_return to_you_all he_says YHWH of_hosts and_say in/on/at/with_how will_we_return.
OET (OET-RV) Ever since the time when your ancestors were alive, you all have ignored my commands and refused to obey them. Now return to me—if you all do so, I’ll return to you. That’s what I, army-commander Yahweh, say. But you all ask, ‘How can we return to you?’
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.