Yahweh speaks to the Israelites about Nineveh.

## they...they...their ##

the people of Nineveh

## they will...be sheared ##

Alternate translations: "I will take away their strength like a shepherd shears a sheep" or "I will cut them down like tall grass" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## break that people's yoke from off you ##

Alternate translation: "set you free from slavery to those people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## break your chains ##

"break the chains with which they bound you as slaves"