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# Yahweh of hosts ... says this
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Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:6](../06/06.md).
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# The daughter of Babylon
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"Daughter of Babylon" here is another name for the people who live in Babylon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# is like a threshing floor
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People thresh grain by trampling it on a threshing floor, and Yahweh speaks of people punishing the daughter of Babylon as if they were threshing grain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# It is time to trample her down
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Yahweh punishing the daughter of Babylon is spoken of as if he were trampling and threshing grain on a threshing floor. Alternate translation: "It is time to punish her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the time of harvest will come to her
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The harvest is a metaphor for the result of the actions that the people did before. Babylon will experience the result of its people's sins. Alternate translation: "God will punish her for her sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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