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# General Information:
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Jeremiah continues speaking to Yahweh.
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# my heart
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Here the "heart" represents a person's thoughts and true feelings. Alternate translation: "my thoughts" or "my inner feelings" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# Take them away like sheep to the slaughter
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Here Jeremiah asks Yahweh to prepare to punish the wicked as if they were sheep to be taken away to be slaughtered. Alternate translation: "Take the wicked people away, like sheep for slaughter" or "Prepare to punish those wicked people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the day of slaughter
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"the day they will be destroyed"
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