OET interlinear YIR (JER) 26:18

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Morashite

(Some words not found in UHB: Mīkāh the,Morasthite it_became prophesied in,the_days_of Ḩizqiy^yāh king Yehuda and=he/it_said to/towards all/each/any/every people Yehuda to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers Tsiyyōn/(Zion) field plowed and,Jerusalem heap_of_ruins you(ms)_will_be and,the_mountain_of of,the_house (into)_high,places_of wooded )

a person from the town or region of Moresheth

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts says this

(Some words not found in UHB: Mīkāh the,Morasthite it_became prophesied in,the_days_of Ḩizqiy^yāh king Yehuda and=he/it_said to/towards all/each/any/every people Yehuda to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers Tsiyyōn/(Zion) field plowed and,Jerusalem heap_of_ruins you(ms)_will_be and,the_mountain_of of,the_house (into)_high,places_of wooded )

Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 6:6.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Zion will become a plowed field … and the hill of the temple will become a thicket

(Some words not found in UHB: Mīkāh the,Morasthite it_became prophesied in,the_days_of Ḩizqiy^yāh king Yehuda and=he/it_said to/towards all/each/any/every people Yehuda to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers Tsiyyōn/(Zion) field plowed and,Jerusalem heap_of_ruins you(ms)_will_be and,the_mountain_of of,the_house (into)_high,places_of wooded )

“Zion” and “the hill of the temple” refer to the same place. When a farmer plows a field, he turns over all the dirt and uproots all the plants that are growing there. A thicket is so full of bushes that no one can use it for anything. These two metaphors cannot be literally true at the same time, but they emphasize that Yahweh will allow the invaders to completely destroy the temple area.