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## you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture ##
This compares the people of Babylon to a calf who runs around joyfully in a meadow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## stamping ##
See how you translated this in Jeremiah [Jeremiah 47:3](../47/03.md).
## you neigh like a powerful horse ##
This compares their happiness to the happiness of stallions that are neighing - making loud noises. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## So your mother … the one who bore you will be embarrassed. ##
The same idea is expressed in two different ways for emphasis. This compares the ancestors of the Babylonians to a mother in a family. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert ##
These words have basically the same meaning for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
## shudder ##
shake violently due to fear
## hiss ##
make a sound like a snake that means great disapproval