Zeph 2:4: “Gaza shall be deserted” (‘azzâ ‘ăzûbâ tihyeh, עַזָּה עֲזוּבָה תִהְיֶה). Jer 4:15: “the voice of one declaring from Dan” (qôl maggîd middān, קוֹל מַגִּיד מִדָּן) Jer 6:1: “In Tekoa blow the trumpet” (bitqôa ‘tiqĕ‘û šôpār, בִתְקוֹעַ תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר). Jer 9:3: “a supplanting Jacob” (‘āqôb ya‘qōb, עָקוֹב יַעְקֹב) Jer 48:2: “In Heshbon they planned” (bĕḥešbôn ḥāšĕbû, בְּחֶשְׁבוֹן חָשְׁבוּ). Hyperbole. Hyperbole is a deliberate exaggeration of the truth where something is represented as