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## So I said ##
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Jeremiah is speaking.
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## But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God. ##
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The yoke and chains represent the law which bind God and his people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## So a lion…A wolf...A lurking panther… ##
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These are dangerous animals that can kill people. There are two possible meanings: 1. "Wild animals will come and kill people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) 2. An enemy army will come and kill people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## thicket ##
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a set of bushes that grew closely together.
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## wolf ##
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a wild dangerous dog
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## lurking ##
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"waiting"
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## panther ##
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a large wild dangerous cat
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## unlimited ##
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not able to be counted
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