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Yahweh continues to speak about Jerusalem as if the city were a branch that he plants on the mountains of Israel and of other nations as if they were other trees. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh
Yahweh speaks of trees as if they are people who can know about him. The trees represent the nations and the people who live in them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I bring down the high trees and I raise up the low trees
"I cut down the tall trees and I cause the little trees to grow"
wither
when a plant dries up and dies.