| 29. Linguistic Exegesis The prophet employs emphatic repetition of erets {אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} ‘land’ three times in vocative parallelism to personify the territory and heighten the looming judgment. The imperative šim-ʿî {שִׁמְעִ֖י | šim-ʿî} ‘hear’ serves as a direct summons demanding full attention and obedience, characteristic of prophetic oracles. The construct devar {דְּבַר־ | də-var} ‘word’ linked to Yahweh {יְהוָֽה | Yəhō-wāh} frames this utterance as a binding covenant decree. The stark paratactic structure, devoid of conjunctions, and the parashah marker ס emphasize the verse’s standalone, urgent pronouncement. |