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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. AT: "the people of Jerusalem have made me very angry since the day they built their city" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
has been a provocation of
The abstract noun "provocation" can be translated as a verb. AT: "has been something that has provoked" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
It has been that right up to this present day
"They continue to make me angry even now"
from before my face
The face is a metonym for the person's presence. AT: "from my presence" or "completely" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)