Yahweh continues to speak.

## Go up onto her vineyards' terraces ##

"Get up over her walls." Yahweh is comparing the city of Jerusalem to a vineyard that has a wall around it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Go up ##

Yahweh is speaking to the enemies of people living in Jerusalem.

##  do not bring complete destruction to them ##

"do not completely destroy them"

## Trim their vines, since those vines do not come from Yahweh ##

Yahweh compares how the enemies of Jerusalem will rid of her people to how people cut branches off of a vine. AT: "Get rid of all of the evil people because they do not come from Yahweh."

## For the houses of Israel and Judah ##

AT: "For the people of Israel and Judah." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## this is Yahweh's declaration ##

See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:7](../01/07.md).

## They have denied me ##

This could also be translated as, "They have lied about me."

## He is not real ##

"Yahweh does not exist." This could also be translated as "He will not do these things" or "He cannot do these things"

## Evil will not come on us, nor will we see sword or famine ##

These two sentences say the same thing, the second is more specific than the first. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## Evil will not come on us ##

This expression means "Bad things will not happen to us."

## nor will we see sword or famine ##

AT: "and we will not experience war or famine." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])