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The writer shifts into listing several merisms of life.

For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

born and...die ... kill and...heal

These are various aspects of life as described from one extreme to the other. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)

a time to pull up plants

Possible meanings are 1) "a time to harvest" or 2) "a time to weed" or 3) "a time to uproot."