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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues speaking to Jeremiah.
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# this city has been a provocation of my wrath and fury since the day that they built it
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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]])
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# has been a provocation of
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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]])
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# It has been that right up to this present day
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"They continue to make me angry even now"
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# from before my face
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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]])
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