## So I said ## Jeremiah is speaking. ## But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God. ## The yoke and chains represent the law which bind God and his people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## So a lion…A wolf...A lurking panther… ## These are dangerous animals that can kill people. There are two possible meanings: 1. "Wild animals will come and kill people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) 2. An enemy army will come and kill people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## thicket ## a set of bushes that grew closely together. ## wolf ## a wild dangerous dog ## lurking ## "waiting" ## panther ## a large wild dangerous cat ## unlimited ## not able to be counted