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The speaker has changed from Yahweh to Jeremiah.
## Regarding the prophets, my heart is broken in me and all of my bones tremble, ##
AT: "I have great fear for what will happen because of the false prophets" (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
## I have become like a drunk man, like a man whom wine has overpowered ##
AT: "I have lost control" (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## the land is full of adulterers ##
This exaggeration is used to show the level of sinfulness which was present at the time of Jeremiah. (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
## the land mourns ##
The land suffers because of the people's sin. (See : [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])