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Jeremiah 8 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 8:5-22.
The prophecy revealed to Jeremiah is recorded in 8:5-9:12. Despite covering more than one chapter, this should be seen as one unit. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/reveal)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Hyperbole
The author frequently uses hyperbole in this chapter to describe the complete destruction of Jerusalem. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole)