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Connecting Statement:
Jeremiah stops telling about his own life and begins telling about what happened to another prophet.
Meanwhile there was
"While what I was just telling you about was happening, there was"
prophesied against this city and this land
The words "city" and "land" are metonyms for the people who live there. Alternate translation: "prophesied that bad things would happen to the people who lived in this city and this land" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)