OET interlinear YIR (JER) 51:33

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts … says this

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers god_of Yisrael daughter_of Bāⱱel [will,be]_like_a_threshing_floor time [when]_someone,treads_it_down again/more a_little_while and,it_will_come time_of of,the_harvest to/for=her/it )

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 / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) The daughter of Babylon

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers god_of Yisrael daughter_of Bāⱱel [will,be]_like_a_threshing_floor time [when]_someone,treads_it_down again/more a_little_while and,it_will_come time_of of,the_harvest to/for=her/it )

“Daughter of Babylon” here is another name for the people who live in Babylon.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) is like a threshing floor

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers god_of Yisrael daughter_of Bāⱱel [will,be]_like_a_threshing_floor time [when]_someone,treads_it_down again/more a_little_while and,it_will_come time_of of,the_harvest to/for=her/it )

People thresh grain by trampling it on a threshing floor, and Yahweh speaks of people punishing the daughter of Babylon as if they were threshing grain.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) It is time to trample her down

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers god_of Yisrael daughter_of Bāⱱel [will,be]_like_a_threshing_floor time [when]_someone,treads_it_down again/more a_little_while and,it_will_come time_of of,the_harvest to/for=her/it )

Yahweh punishing the daughter of Babylon is spoken of as if he were trampling and threshing grain on a threshing floor. Alternate translation: [It is time to punish her]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the time of harvest will come to her

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers god_of Yisrael daughter_of Bāⱱel [will,be]_like_a_threshing_floor time [when]_someone,treads_it_down again/more a_little_while and,it_will_come time_of of,the_harvest to/for=her/it )

The harvest is a metaphor for the result of the actions that the people did before. Babylon will experience the result of its people’s sins. Alternate translation: [God will punish her for her sins]