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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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# See
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"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
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# disaster is going out from nation to nation
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Yahweh speaks of great disasters happening in each nation as if "disaster" were a person who goes from nation to nation. Alternate translation: "great disasters are going to happen in one nation after another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# a great storm is beginning from the farthest parts of the earth
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Possible meanings for this metaphor are 1) Yahweh speaks of Babylonian army and the destruction that it will cause as if it were a great storm or 2) Yahweh speaks of his great anger as if it were a great storm that causes much destruction. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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