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So I said
Jeremiah is speaking.
But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God.
The yoke and chains represent the law which bind God and his people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
So a lion…A wolf...A lurking panther…
These are dangerous animals that can kill people. There are two possible meanings: 1. "Wild animals will come and kill people." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism) 2. An enemy army will come and kill people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
thicket
a set of bushes that grew closely together.
wolf
a wild dangerous dog
lurking
"waiting"
panther
a large wild dangerous cat
unlimited
not able to be counted