# Now

Here the teacher shifts from warning about the adulteress to giving advice.

# listen to me ... do not turn away from listening

These two phrases express the same idea to make the student pay attention. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# do not turn away from listening

The writer speaks of stopping an action as if the person physically turned away from it. Alternate translation: "do not stop listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# the words of my mouth

Here the word "mouth" represents the person who is speaking. Alternate translation: "my words" or "what I am saying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])