# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking to the people of Israel.

# say to the north ... to the south

Yahweh speaks to "the north" and "the south" as if commanding the nations in those locations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# my sons ... my daughters

Yahweh speaks of the people who belong to him as if they were his children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])