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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Yahweh continues speaking to Jeremiah.
-
 # this city has been a provocation of my wrath and fury since the day that they built it
 
-Here "city" is a metonym for the people that live there. The words "wrath" and "fury" mean basically the same thing and emphasize how very angry he is. Alternate translation: "the people of Jerusalem have made me very angry since the day they built their city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
+"the people of Jerusalem have made me very angry since the day they built their city"
 
 # has been a provocation of
 
-The abstract noun "provocation" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "has been something that has provoked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+"has been something that has provoked"
 
 # It has been that right up to this present day
 
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 # from before my face
 
-The face is a metonym for the person's presence. Alternate translation: "from my presence" or "completely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+"from my presence" or "completely"
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