Reference

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
18

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

19

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

20

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

21

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

22

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

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While the language is concrete, the scope of "this place," "man," "beast," "trees," and "fruit of the ground" could be interpreted as hyperbole for the severity of the judgment rather than a strictly exhaustive literal destruction of every single instance of these categories.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes the content of a divine message, specifically a declaration of impending judgment, rather than detailing the method through which that message was received by the prophet. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord God" indicates that a communication has occurred, but it does not elaborate on *how* that communication took place.