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the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, "Do not

This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated it in Jeremiah 1:4. AT: "Yahweh gave me a message. He said,'Do not" or "Yahweh spoke this message to me:" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)