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# Yahweh will roar
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Jeremiah speaks of Yahweh shouting very loudly as if he were roaring like a lion. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# from the heights
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This phrase is a metonym for heaven. Alternate translation: "from heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# he will roar mightily against his fold
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Jeremiah speaks of Yahweh as if he were a lion and his people were a flock of sheep. The people will be helpless when Yahweh comes to punish them, as sheep are helpless when a lion attacks. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# those who tread the grapes
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This refers to people who crush grapes in a winepress with their feet in order to make wine.
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